paradise_lost_08083_librivox John Milton audio librivoxaudio audio_bookspoetry opensource_audio Paradise Lost is the first epic of English literature written in the classical style. John Milton saw himself as the intellectual heir of Homer, Virgil, and Dante, and sought to create a work of art which fully represented the most basic tenets of the Protestant faith. His work, which was dictated from memory and transcribed by his daughter, remains as one of the most powerful English poems. (Summary by Caeristhiona) <b>This is a recording of the text of Milton's first edition of 1667, which had ten books, unlike the second edition (1674) which was redivided into twelve books in the manner of Virgil's Aeneid.</b> See Wikipedia entry <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Readers include: Owen J.A. Carter Kirsten Ferreri Cori Samuel Greg Bryant Catharine Eastman Clayton J. Smith Rosalind Wills Eric Ray Onjana Yawnghwe heyfd Kurt Wong 2008-03-15 2008 librivox; audiobooks; poetry; religion http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ 2008-03-30 20:25:45 info@librivox.org librivoxbooks librivoxbooks librivoxbooks 2008-03-31 20:04:14 2008-03-31 21:02:49 2008-11-04 15:07:05 LibriVox Librivox recording of a public-domain text 9:41.16 2008-11-04 15:56:59 librivoxbooks