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5.0 out of 5 stars Love!
I love love love paradise lost and this book is so beautifully written. I am teaching Milton to my seniors and this book will be supplemental to help the ones not getting the original text. I will always cherish this book!
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1.0 out of 5 stars UNSUITABLE FOR ANY AGE
This is a painfully impotent adaptation of Milton's monumental work. The children's storybook style cannot support the profundity of the subject matter. Sex and violence are sanitized and passions softened, while "minutes tick and seconds tock" and the results are sometimes ludicrous. Some compositions simply do not lend themselves to watering down and should be left to...
Published on November 2, 2008 by Jonathan Evans


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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars UNSUITABLE FOR ANY AGE, November 2, 2008
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This review is from: The Tale of Paradise Lost: Based on the Poem by John Milton (Hardcover)
This is a painfully impotent adaptation of Milton's monumental work. The children's storybook style cannot support the profundity of the subject matter. Sex and violence are sanitized and passions softened, while "minutes tick and seconds tock" and the results are sometimes ludicrous. Some compositions simply do not lend themselves to watering down and should be left to the age group for which they were intended. The kids can wait.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love!, May 23, 2011
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I love love love paradise lost and this book is so beautifully written. I am teaching Milton to my seniors and this book will be supplemental to help the ones not getting the original text. I will always cherish this book!
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