"Paradise Lost" by John Milton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone...
Milton's «Paradise Lost» is considered to be one of the most classic epic poems ever written. It is a retelling of the biblical story of the Genesis of man, of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and of how Eve when tempted by Satan disobeyed God and ate from the tree of knowledge. Written in 1667 by the English Poet John Milton, «Paradise Lost» is a poetic and intriguing interpretation of ancient biblical legend.
"Paradise Lost" by John Milton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone...
Milton's great 17th-century epic draws upon Bible stories and classical mythology to explore the meaning of existence, as understood by people of the Western world. Its roots lie in the Genesis account of the world's creation and the first humans; its focus is a poetic interpretation «Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit / Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste / Brought death into the world, and all our woe / With loss of Eden.»In sublime poetry of extraordinary beauty,...
Contained in this volume are two great works by the English Poet John Milton, «Paradise Lost» and «Paradise Regained». Milton's «Paradise Lost» is considered to be one of the most classic epic poems ever written. It is a retelling of the biblical story of the Genesis of man, of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and of how Eve when tempted by Satan disobeyed God and ate from the tree of knowledge. Written in 1667, «Paradise Lost» is a poetic and intriguing interpretation of ancient...
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Greedily she engorged without restraint,And knew not eating death;’Milton’s Paradise Lost is a poem of epic proportions that tells of Satan’s attempts to mislead Eve into disobeying God in the Garden of Eden, by eating from the tree of knowledge. His interpretation of the biblical story of Genesis is vivid and intense in its language, justifying the actions of God to men. In his sequel poem, Paradise Regained,...
"Paradise Regained" by John Milton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...
Following the fall of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden in Milton's «Paradise Lost», Milton turns his attention to the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness by Satan in «Paradise Regained». In this work, a sequel to «Paradise Lost», Satan tests Jesus in a similar way to Eve in the Garden of Eden. However, Jesus is not seduced by the promises of Satan and passes his test. «Paradise Regained» is a poetic and intriguing tale that follows along in the spirit of Milton's masterpiece...
«Потерянный рай» – гениальная поэма Мильтона, благодаря которой он стал одним из известнейших английских поэтов своего времени. Поэма основана на библейском сюжете падения человека и изгнания его из Рая. Как писал Мильтон в Книге Первой, его цель состояла в том, чтобы оправдать путь Бога людям (в оригинале «justify the ways of God to men»).
Поэма представлена в переводе Николая Холодковского.
Самое знаменитое произведение Джона Мильтона «ПОТЕРЯННЫЙ РАЙ» [1667] в поэтической форме передает библейский сюжет о грехопадении Адама и Евы и их изгнании из рая. В поэме рисуется психологическая картина борьбы доброго и злого начала, Бога и Сатаны, неба и ада, ставится проблема свободы веры, свободной человеческой личности, свободы воли. Глубокие чувства и вдохновенные картины природы, эмоциональные описания, тонкий лиризм, музыкальность стиха сделали поэму Мильтона шедевром мировой...
«Потерянный рай» – гениальная поэма Мильтона, благодаря которой он стал одним из известнейших английских поэтов своего времени. Поэма основана на библейском сюжете падения человека и изгнания его из Рая. Как писал Мильтон в Книге Первой, его цель состояла в том, чтобы оправдать путь Бога людям (в оригинале «justify the ways of God to men»). «Возвращенный рай» является продолжением «Потерянного рая». Поэма повествует об искушении Иисуса Христа Сатаной во время пребывания в пустыне. «Потерянный...
e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited cothe collection of the world's greatest novels and stories with religious theme and spiritual messages: Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri) Paradise Lost (John Milton) The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan) Zadig (Voltaire) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (Lew Wallace) Quo Vadis (Henryk Sienkiewicz) In His Steps (Charles M. Sheldon) The Story of the Other Wise Man (Henry Van Dyke) The Ball and the Cross (G. K. Chesterton) The...