Paradise Lost, books 10, 11, and 12, by Milton

Hi! Join us to discuss the final three books -- books 10, 11, and 12 -- of Paradise Lost, the epic seventeenth-century poem by John Milton about the biblical story of the "fall of man":

https://milton.host.dartmouth.edu/reading_room/pl/book_10/text.shtml

In this meeting we'll be discussing books 10, 11, and 12 of the twelve-book 1674 edition of the text.

The original text is available for free online, via the link above. But an abridged "colloquial English" version is also available:

https://www.paradiselostinmodernenglish.com/2020/11/BOOK10.html

This event was partly inspired by the following Substack, which is doing a slow readalong of Paradise Lost throughout 2026 -- one book a month:

https://substack.com/@glutenbergbible

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If you sign up to attend the meeting, please read the text beforehand, and be ready to join in with the conversation.

We'll probably be using Google Meet. If you've managed to get a place at the meetup you'll see the meeting link under the Online Event heading on the webpage for this meetup in due course.

If you have problems logging in on the day of the meeting, please leave a message in the Comments section on Meetup. I usually check to see if anybody is having issues.

I hope we'll all enjoy the poem and the discussion!

Kind regards,

Chet