Read-along
Paradise Lost: Twelve Books
The greatest poem in the English language, one Book at a time.
- Next cohort
- Next cohort 20 August
- Length
- Length 12 days
John Milton dictated Paradise Lost to his daughters after he went blind, composing ten thousand lines in his head in the dark. Twelve Books. Heaven, Hell, Eden, the war before the world, the fall that explains us, the expulsion that begins history. One Book a day for twelve days.
Read one big book alongside other readers, a day at a time. Cohorts set off on the date above.
The first button needs the app on this device; the second gets it there.
Day by day
- Day 1. Book IJohn Milton, 20 min
- Day 2. Book IIJohn Milton, 20 min
- Day 3. Book IIIJohn Milton, 20 min
- Day 4. Book IVJohn Milton, 20 min
- Day 5. Book VJohn Milton, 20 min
- Day 6. Book VIJohn Milton, 20 min
- Day 7. Book VIIJohn Milton, 20 min
- Day 8. Book VIIIJohn Milton, 20 min
- Day 9. Book IXJohn Milton, 20 min
- Day 10. Book XJohn Milton, 20 min
- Day 11. Book XIJohn Milton, 20 min
- Day 12. Book XIIJohn Milton, 20 min