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  • John MiltonParadise Lost Paradise Lost, the epic meditated and planned by Milton overmany years (years which included the turbulence of the Civil War and thestrictures of the Commonwealth), was completed in 1663 and published in 1667.In 1668 he added the prose arguments, which provide plot summaries for each ofthe twelve Books into which the poem is divided. John Milton, born in 1608, was educated at St. Paul’s Schooland Christ’s College, Cambridge. He achieved early fame as a scholar, poet andpamphleteer, arguing vehemently for the Puritan cause against King and Church.Political activity then occupied him for many years and he only truly returnedto his first love, poetry, after the Restoration in 1660. Meanwhile, hisprivate life had proved almost as controversial as his public life: he marriedMary Powell in 1642, but her swift return to her Royalist parents spurredMilton to some provocative pamphlets arguing for divorce. Reconciliation withhis wife was followed by the birth of three children. Mary died in 1652 andMilton remarried in 1656: Katherine Woodcock, however, lived only until 1658.His third marriage, to Elizabeth Minshull, took place in 1663; she outlivedhim.Paradise Lost is Milton’s greatest work: Dryden described itin 1767 as “one of the greatest, most noble and sublime poems which either thisage or nation has produced.” Milton set himself the task of ‘justifying theways of God to men’: in other words, to tell the story of Man’s creation, falland redemption so that his readers might be moved to appreciate God’s wisdomand purpose. The poem paints unforgettably vivid and powerful pictures,both of characters and places, in a magnificently subtle and sonorous blankverse. One of the most interesting aspects of his epic is the characterizationof Satan, who (in spite of Milton’s efforts to disparage him) emerges as atragic and in some ways heroic figure, evil though his intentions are. Satan, the fallen rebel angel, defies God and seeks revengeby seducing Adam and Eve into disobedience to their creator. The human pair arepoignantly evoked: paradoxically frail yet perfect, their sense of their ownhumanity (after the fall) is Everyman’s plight – we find ourselves, ourcapacity for wonder, love, shame, hope and despair, in them. THIS ABRIDGEMENT This abbreviated version of the poem focuses especially onBooks I, II, IV, IX, X and XII. Prose summaries, based on Milton’s own, areprovided for those sections of the poem not included. Books I and II: Satan, and his comrades arise from theirplace of punishment, Hell, build the infernal city of Pandaemonium, and resolveto seek the destruction of mankind. Satan undertakes the journey alone, passingthrough Chaos towards Earth. Book IV: Describes Satan’s penetration of Eden andintroduces “our first parents” Adam and Eve, in the perfection of Paradise. Book IX: The dramatic climax of the poem: Satan successfullypersuades Eve to eat of the Tree of Knowledge, she in turn draws Adaminto sin, and their lustful union (followed by shame) represents the new truthof their situation. Book X: The story of God’s judgment, and Satan’s triumphantreturn to Hell, swiftly followed by shameful and monstrous transformation. Book XII: Adam and Eve are consoled by an account of thefuture redemption of Man by Christ and, gently grieving, the pair departs fromEden to begin human history. Notes by Perry Keenlyside Anton Lesser Anton Lesser is one of Britain’s leading classical actors.He has played many of the principal Shakespearean roles for the RoyalShakespeare Company including Petruchio, Romeo and Richard III. His career hasalso encompassed contemporary drama, notably The Birthday Party by HaroldPinter. Appearances in major television drama productions include The Oresteia,The Cherry Orchard, Troilus and Cressida and The Mill on the Floss.
  • • 作品列表
    • • CD01
      • 作品编号：23287  Paradise Lost

      • Book 1 Line 1: 'Of Man's First Disobedience And The Fruit'

      • Line 128: 'O Prince, O Chief Of Many Throned Powers'

      • Line 242: 'Is This The Region, This The Soil, The Clime'

      • Line 375: 'All These And More Came Flocking - But With Looks'

      • Line 622: 'O Myriads Of Immortal Spirits, O Powers'

      • Line 722: '...........................Th'ascending Pile'

      • Book 2 Line 1: 'High On A Throne Of Open War, O Peers'

      • Line 119: 'I Should Be Much For Open War, O Peers'

      • Line 229: 'Either To Disinthrone The King Of Heav'n'

      • Line 310: 'Thrones And Imperial Powers, Off-Spring Of Heav'n'

      • Line 390: 'Well Have ye judg'd, Well Ended Long Debate'

      • Line 430: 'O Progeny Of Heav'n, Empyreal Thrones'

      • Line 506: 'The Stygian Council Thus Dissolved - And Forth'

      • Line 704: 'So Spake The Griesly Terrour, And In Shape'

      • CD02
      • 作品编号：23287  Paradise Lost

      • Line 850: 'The Key Of This Infernal Pit By Due'

      • Line 968: 'T' Whom Satan Turning Boldly Thus, Ye Powers'

      • Book III Paraphrase: God, Sitting On His Throne

      • Book IV Line 1: 'O For That Warning Voice, Which He Who Saw'

      • Line 114: 'Thus While He Spake, Each Passion Dimm'd His Face'

      • Line 172: 'Now To th'ascent Of That Steep Savage Hill'

      • Line 246: '........................... Thus Was This Place'

      • Line 358: 'O Hell! What Do Mine Eyes With Grief Behold'

      • Line 440: 'To Whom Thus Eve repli'd. O Thou For Whom'

      • Line 492: 'So Spake Our General Mother, And With Eyes'

      • Books V-VIII Paraphrase: 'Meanwhile, Uriel, Descending'

      • Book IX Line 1: 'No More Talk Of Where God Or Angel Guest'

      • Line 99: 'O Earth, How Like To Heav'n, If Not Preferr'd'

      • Line 194: 'And Eve First To Her Husband Thus Began.'

      • Line 270: 'To Whom The Virgin Majesty Of Eve'

      • Line 376: 'So Spake The Patriarch Of Mankind, But Eve'

      • CD03
      • 作品编号：23287  Paradise Lost

      • Book IX Line 494: 'So Spake The Enemy Of Mankind, enclos'd'

      • Line 567: 'To Whom The Guileful Tempter Thus repli'd'

      • Line 612: 'Serpent, thy Overpraising Leaves In Doubt'

      • Line 679: 'O Fairest of Creation, Last And Best'

      • Line 745: 'Great Are thy Virtues, Doubtless, Best Of Fruits'

      • Line 856: 'Hast Thou Not Wonder'd Adam, At My Stay?'

      • Line 896: 'O Fairest Of Creation, Last And Best'

      • Line 960: 'So Said He, And Forbore Not Glance Or Toy'

      • Line 1034: 'So Said He, And Forbore Not Glance Or Toy'

      • Line 1134: 'Would Thou Hadst Heark'n'd To My Words, & Stay'd'

      • Book X Paraphrase: Man's Disobedience Known'

      • Line 68: 'Father Eternal, Thine Is To Decree'

      • Line 229: 'Meanwhile Ere Thus Was Sinn'd & Judg'd On Earth

      • Line 354: 'O Parent, These Are Thy Magnific Deeds'

      • Line 460: 'Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Virtues, Powers

      • Books XI And XII: Paraphrase: 'Meanwhile Sin And Death Rejoice

      • Book XII Line 553: 'How Soon Hath Thy Prediction, Seer Blest'