{"product_id":"paradise-lost-by-john-milton-9781847498038","title":"Paradise Lost","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlind, broken by the death of his wife and bitterly disappointed by the Restoration, Milton dictated his sweeping biblical epic \u003cem\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e to a series of helpers. While the struggle between God and Satan rages across the cosmos, the human tragedy of Adam and Eve – the temptation and fall – is movingly depicted in language unsurpassed in its musicality and beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA staggering and audacious undertaking – seeking, in Milton’s words, to “justify the ways of God to men” – \u003cem\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e has been revered since its initial publication, inspiring writers from Mary Shelley to William Wordsworth, and is widely considered to be the greatest poem ever written in the English language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471330525420,"sku":"9781847498038","price":18.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781847498038-paradise-lost.jpg?v=1775239748","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/paradise-lost-by-john-milton-9781847498038","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}