Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden

Absalom and Achitophel

John Dryden

90 pages first pub 1681 (editions)

fiction classics poetry challenging slow-paced
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Absalom and Achitophel is a landmark poetic political satire by John Dryden. The poem is an allegory that uses the story of the rebellion of Absalom against King David as the basis for discussion of the background to the Monmouth Rebellion (1685),...

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