Paradise Lost (1667) is an epic poem by the 17th century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books and written in blank verse. A second edition followed in 1674, redivided into twelve books (mimicking the division of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout and a note on the  versification.

The poem concerns the Christian story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

Milton, John, 1608–74, English poet, b. London, one of the greatest poets of the English language.

Online Editions:

• The Milton Reading Room HTML version at Dartmouth
• Project Gutenberg text version 1
• Project Gutenberg text version 2
• Norton Anthology of English Literature – Paradise Lost in Context – includes historical context, iconography, topical explorations and web resources

Useful Links:

• Works by John Milton at Project Gutenberg
• Milton Reading Room – online collection of all of Milton's poetry and selections of his prose
• "Milton and De Doctrina Christiana" by Gordon Campbell et al., 1996
• "The masque in Milton's Arcades and Comus" by Gilbert McInnis
• Milton links
• History of the John Milton Society for the Blind in Canada

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