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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Books John Milton

Posted by on Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:38 PM

The English poet would've been 400 years old today.

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You can find almost all his major works for free at Project Gutenberg. I'd say you can arguably learn more about Christianity, both its good aspects and its bad, by reading Paradise Lost than you can by reading The Bible.

 

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Don't write this down, but I find Milton probably...as boring as you find Milton. His wife found him boring too; he's a little bit long-winded, he doesn't translate very well into our generation and his jokes are terrible.
Posted by schmacky on December 9, 2008 at 2:49 PM
2
Time to get my Areopagitica on.
Posted by mint chocolate chip on December 9, 2008 at 3:02 PM
3
Poor John Milton.

This is what you get for smoking, kids.
Posted by NapoleonXIV on December 9, 2008 at 3:04 PM
4
Paul,
I just finished reading that remarkable work.
Posted by lark on December 9, 2008 at 3:30 PM
5
@1, thank you sir, may I have another?
Posted by EmilyP on December 9, 2008 at 4:12 PM

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