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The Complete Poems and Major Prose

by John Milton · 1957

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First published by Odyssey Press in 1957, this classic edition provides Milton's poetry and major prose works, richly annotated, in a sturdy and affordable clothbound volume.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
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classclassMore like thisLess of thisreligionreligionMore like thisLess of this
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RenaissanceRenaissanceMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
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philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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epic · 1088 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of thisessaysessaysMore like thisLess of this

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