Shelfology Book Pairing
The Aeneid
by Virgil
Recounts the adventures of the Trojan prince Aeneas, who helped found Rome, after the fall of Troy.
Published 2006
ISBN 9780670038039
Genre Poetry
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Paradise Lost
A Poem in Twelve Books
by John Milton
Concerns the Christian story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose, stated in Book I, is to "justify the ways of God to men" and elucidate the conflict between God's eternal foresight and fre e will.
Published 1962
Genre Poetry