Book Cover of Samson Agonistes

Samson Agonistes

by John Milton

Samson Agonistes is a tragic closet drama by John Milton. It appeared with the publication of Milton's Paradise Regained in 1671, as the title page of that volume states: "Paradise Regained / A Poem / In IV Books / To Which Is Added / Samson Agonistes". It is generally thought that Samson Agonistes was begun around the same time as Paradise Regained but was completed after the larger work, possibly very close to the date of publishing, but there is no certainty.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

Greek

Published In

1671

Authors

John Milton image

John Milton was an English poet and intellectual who served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religio...

Books by John Milton

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed

Related books

The Village in the Jungle Cover image

The Village in the Jungle by Leonard Woolf

The Village in the Jungle is a novel by Leonard Woolf, published in 1913, based on his experiences as a colonial civil servant in British-controlled C...

On the Eve Cover image

On the Eve by Ivan Turgenev

On the Eve is the third novel by Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. It has elements of social comedy but fell foul of radical critics who advocated the nee...

La Fée des Grèves Cover image

La Fée des Grèves by Paul Féval, père

Dans le roman envoûtant "La Fée des Grèves" de Paul Féval, père, une histoire captivante d'amour, d'intrigue et d'aventure se dévoile dans le décor de...

By Way of the Wilderness Cover image

By Way of the Wilderness by Pansy (Isabella Macdonald Alden)

By Way of the Wilderness is a Christian fiction novel by Isabella Alden, writing under the pseudonym "Pansy." It tells the story of a young man named...

Jacob's Room  Cover image

Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf

Jacob's Room is the third novel by Virginia Woolf, first published on 26 October 1922. The novel centres, in a very ambiguous way, around the life st...

Pauline's Passion and Punishment  Cover image

Pauline's Passion and Punishment by Louisa May Alcott

The story is about Pauline's desire to get even, which involves her using a man who's besotted with her, and a former female school friend, without ac...

The Forest Lovers Cover image

The Forest Lovers by Maurice Henry Hewlett

The story revolves around a young knight, Richard Lanfranc, who falls in love with a mysterious forest-dwelling woman named Alisande. The Forest Lover...

Transition Cover image

Transition by Emma Francis Brooke

In a world where everyone is assigned a role at birth, one young woman dares to dream of something different. In Emma Frances Brooke's Transition, ev...

The Castle of Twilight Cover image

The Castle of Twilight by Margaret Horton Potter

"Wistfully I deliver up to you my simple story, knowing that the first suggestion of “historical novel” will bring before you an image of dreary woode...

The Golden Canyon Cover image

The Golden Canyon by G. A. Henty

"Embark on a riveting adventure through uncharted territory as The Golden Canyon reveals hidden treasures and life-altering choices." The Golden Canyo...

Reviews for Samson Agonistes

No reviews posted or approved, yet...