Paradise Lost, Part 1 and Part 2

Author: Milton
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This poem reflects the poet's noble pursuit of freedom and is an extremely important work in the history of world literature and thought. The translator of this book, Jin Fashen, is a senior translator in China with unique insights into Milton's works. The translation embodies faithfulness, expressiveness, and elegance. The classic original combined with the rigorous translation undoubtedly presents readers with a superior spiritual feast. Paradise Lost reveals the original sin and fall of humanity with the grandeur of an epic. The rebellious angel Satan, having been cast into hell for defying God's authority, refuses to yield and seeks revenge in Eden. Adam and Eve are tempted by a snake possessed by Satan to eat the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, as commanded by God. In the end, Satan and his accomplices are punished and transformed into snakes, while Adam and Eve are expelled from Eden. This poem reflects the poet's noble pursuit of freedom and is an extremely important work in the history of world literature and thought. The translator of this book, Jin Fashen, is a senior translator in China with unique insights into Milton's works. The translation embodies faithfulness, expressiveness, and elegance. The classic original combined with the rigorous translation undoubtedly presents readers with a superior spiritual feast.