Paradise Lost
by John Milton
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Key Facts
Title: Paradise Lost
Author: John Milton
Type of work: Poem
Genre: Epic
Original language: English
Written in: England, between 1656 and 1674
First published: First edition of ten books published in 1667; second edition, containing all twelve books, published in 1674
Set in: Biblical era predating known history, with action taking place in Heaven, Hell, Eden, Earth, and Chaos
Narrator: The poet, John Milton
Point of view: Third person omniscient
Tense: Present
Protagonists: Adam and Eve
Climax: Book 9, when Adam and Eve disobey God and eat from the Tree of Knowledge
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