Milton's Paradise Lost : Books IX and X

Originally published in 1896, this book presents the text of the ninth and tenth books of Milton's Paradise Lost, in which humanity succumb to satanic temptation and are ejected from the Garden of Eden. The poem is accompanied by a biography of Milton, a history of the poem, a discussion of the cosmology of Paradise Lost and other scholarly appendices. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Milton and the history of Paradise Lost.