Shelfology Book Pairing

The Original 1855 Edition (Chump Change Edition)

by Walt Whitman

Unabridged original 1855 version of Leaves of Grass, offered here for chump change. The eclectic formatting of Whitman's original edition expresses best his most famous poems, including "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," and "There Was a Child Went Forth."

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.