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title: "Who is the author of the book \" The Paradise lost\"?"  
description: "Who is the author of the book \" The Paradise lost\"?"  
author: "ASHUTOSH PANDEY"  
published: 2018-09-12  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49759/who-is-the-author-of-the-book-the-paradise-lost  
category: "books & novels"  
tags: ["books and literature"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Who is the author of the book " The Paradise lost"?

Who is the [author of the book](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62198/who-is-the-author-of-the-book-whispers-of-time) " The Paradise Lost"?

## Answers

### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL

**“The Paradise Lost”** is an epic poem in blank verse, it’s been known as one of the finest work of **“John Milton”**. Originally the poem was published in **10 books in 1667 with over Ten Thousand lines of verse**. Later, the **7th book and 10th book each splitten into two parts, then total in 12 parts the poem has been [published](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40328/in-which-language-was-kesari-a-newspaper-started-by-bal-gangadhar-tilak-published) as its second edition in 1674**.

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Many scholars and critics considered **‘The Paradise Lost’ to be one of the greatest [poems](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50072/who-has-written-the-poem-stopping-by-the-woods-on-a-snowy-eve) of John Milton in the [English](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49730/who-translated-the-book-gitanjali-in-english) Language**. **The poem narrates the great story of ‘Adam and Eve’ in language that is an excellent achievement of rhythm and sound. He has been named as one of the greatest English poets of his time.** The main characters of the poem were **[God](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40635/which-great-awakening-preacher-warned-people-that-god-would-punish-them-if-they-did-not-change-their-ways), Lucifer (Satan), Adam and Eve**. Many things have been written about John Milton’s powerful and sympathetic characterization of ‘Lucifer’ (Satan). Milton scholar John Leonard interpreted the non-pious war between Heaven and Hell as [Civil War](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32964/what-was-the-first-major-battle-of-the-civil-war). \


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