{"product_id":"9781847498038","title":"Paradise Lost","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): John Milton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlind, broken by the death of his wife and bitterly disappointed by the Restoration, Milton dictated his sweeping biblical epic Paradise Lost to a series of helpers. While the struggle between God and Satan rages across the cosmos, the human tragedy of Adam and Eve – the temptation and fall – is movingly depicted in language unsurpassed in its musicality and beauty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA staggering and audacious undertaking – seeking, in Milton's words, to “justify the ways of God to men” – Paradise Lost has been revered since its initial publication, inspiring writers from Mary Shelley to William Wordsworth, and is widely considered to be the greatest poem ever written in the English language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e““Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart;\u003cbr\u003eThou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea:\u003cbr\u003ePure as the naked heavens, majestic, free”” —\u003ci\u003eWilliam Wordsworth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781847498038\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Alma Classics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40690206113998,"sku":"9781847498038","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_820db247-c8a9-4870-84a0-645481451837.jpg?v=1640404970","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781847498038","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}