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Paradise Lost (The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written) Leather Bound – 1976

by John Milton (Author), William Blake (Illustrator), Philip Hofer (Preface),

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Leather Bound: 311 pages
Publisher: The Easton Press; First Thus edition (1976)
Language: English
ASIN: B001C45ETA
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (277 customer reviews)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

A few comments on the 984,562 editions of Paradise Lost on Amazon

By The Wily One on January 23, 2015

Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase

Amazon has the bad habit of lumping reviews of multiple editions of a book without regard as to author/editor or publisher, to the detriment of the buyer's choosing an edition, so I write to make a few comments on the 984,562 editions of "Paradise Lost" listed for purchase. I have used the titles as listed by Amazon to help find the editions I refer to, and, with the exception of the books by Kastan, Lanzara, and BookCaps, the ones I discuss below are ones I own and am familiar with.

The version with an introduction and comments by Pullman has text that is large and readable, line numbers and some nice illustrations, taken from the first illustrated edition, published in 1688. It is a nice copy for those who want just the text of the poem. The text is based on Stephen Orgel's 2008 Paradise Lost (Oxford World's Classics) which has been modernized presumably with respect to capitalization, spelling and punctuation. The comments by Pullman are worthwhile, but, while he may be a very good writer, he is not a scholar of Milton. Unlike Orgel, there are no annotations or notes to explain Milton's often arcane language and allusions.

For readers seeking annotated versions, I suggest the following.

The ultimate edition of Milton Alastair Fowler's Milton: Paradise Lost: it has been called the Bible of Milton scholars; one review I saw called it suitable for graduate students majoring in Milton.Read more ›

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Impossible to tell which of the many editions you're actually getting.

By MildCritter on February 21, 2015

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One major problem with buying Paradise Lost in e-book format here is that reviews of the various releases are crossed over upon each other. A review intended for one release may show up on several, making it very difficult to tell which ones have annotations, illustrations, and the like. The reviews associated with this edition in the listing talk about annotations, and the scholarship of Barbara Lewinsky's notes and annotations. NONE OF THAT APPEARS IN THIS EDITION. NONE WHATSOEVER. And without previews in many of these editions, it's impossible to tell one from the other before buying or free downloading.

As a matter of fact, those same reviews appear in multiple releases whether they are that edition or another. It has become impossible to tell whether the version listed is the one you buy. I wanted annotations and scholarly notes, but what I mistakenly paid for was an absolutely minimal release. A line is skipped after every line all the way through, which is irritating and distracting. No annotations. No footnotes. Nothing but double-spaced text.

Checking the third page, I find that the one I've bought is "Start Publishing LLC Copyright © 2012 by Start Publishing LLC

Milton, John (2013-03-25). Paradise Lost (Paradise series Book 1) . Start Publishing LLC. Kindle Edition. " It's not worth buying. Get it free, if you can. It couldn't be worse.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

MUST ADD TO LIBRARY!!!

By T. Meziane on April 6, 2015

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I remember being in college & my library having a very well taken care version of this book that I absolutely fell in love with & considered saying I "misplaced" cause I wanted it so bad! After a few years of searching I found the by far best edition, because it's a large book with large print, but most importantly it has the beautiful Dore artwork (my fav artist!) in great big display next to Milton's masterful writing! This is easily my fav. book in my library & by far recommend this edition & publisher to any other!

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ESSENTIAL POEM

By Karen Yochim on April 22, 2015

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Wanted to read the poem that is so revered in Western Literature. Best
taken one Canto at a time, as it is slow going. Definitely worth the effort
to read this, (and all the most famous narrative poems.)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

The Kindle version sold under this listing is NOT annotated.

By Netizen on May 12, 2014

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Went through the rigamarole with a polite, but uncomprehending Amazon representative to determine if I was possibly overlooking the annotations. This was not the case, and the rep didn't call back. I don't think he understood what annotations are. That's OK, but didn't really help me out, so I continued to investigate, confirming that this version of the Kindle edition is NOT ANNOTATED. It's likely that it was inadvertently paired with the text version sold here, which IS annotated.

There may be an annotated Kindle version elsewhere on the sight. I'll keep looking when I have a moment to do so, and, I'll report back here with a link should I find and verify a Kindle copy that does contain (hopefully the Norton) annotations.

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A beautiful but flawed retelling of the Genesis story

By Sarah on June 7, 2012

Format: Paperback

I read this epic poem the last semester of my undergraduate degree, as it was assigned reading, and our class used this particular Norton Critical Edition. This epic poem is beautifully written, as Milton attempted to recreate what happened in the legendary Garden of Eden, fleshing out the bare bones details given in the Book of Genesis. However, I argue that he got a few details dead wrong. Whether you take this story literally or allegorically, there are glitches in Milton's retelling that deserve to be acknowledged. (Although I do believe the basic events actually did happen, I fully acknowledge that the story seems to be pushing our suspension of disbelief to the limits---1,000 year lifespans, deadly sibling rivalry, talking snakes, enchanted fruit from the Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life, etc. A friend once read a book called Marking Time, and he said that the book theorizes that time was measured differently back then, where a few seasons would be considered a full year, so that may in part account for the extraordinarily long lifespans of the Genesis characters. For the record, I also believe that Darwin's Evolution preceded these events by billions of years: Adam and Eve were certainly not the first human beings to inhabit planet Earth, but rather the first human beings to know God in such a way that God got the proverbial ball rolling in what I surmise was his plan to intercede in human events. I'm a logical person, so it's especially hard for me to wrap my head around the discrepancy between science and the Book of Genesis---my fundamentalists friends tell me I'm an "accommodationist," i.e., someone who believes in both Evolution and that the basic events of Genesis actually did happen (though perhaps Noah's flood was on a more localized scale contained to Mesopotamia).Read more ›

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This book was delivered on a very prompt manner, very happy with this purchase!

Published 4 months ago by Elizabeth Suazo Di Paola - Otero

a fitting cap to the great epic tradition

As a classicist, I have read Homer and Vergil many times, in the originals and in translation, and I have made it through Dante (although I want to revisit him), but I had never... Read more

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