Paradise Lost

by John Milton · 1667; revised 1674

The 1674 text. 17 parts, about 82,084 words, 6 hours of reading. Source edition.

Passages the guide marks

Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit / Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste / Brought death into the world, and all our woe
Book I, lines 1 to 3 · Read it in Part 2
That to the height of this great argument / I may assert Eternal Providence, / And justify the ways of God to men.
Book I, lines 24 to 26 · Read it in Part 2
The mind is its own place, and in itself / Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
Book I, lines 254 to 255 · Read it in Part 2
Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n.
Book I, line 263 · Read it in Part 2
They hand in hand with wand'ring steps and slow, / Through Eden took their solitary way.
Book XII, lines 648 to 649 · Read it in Part 17

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