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The Friends of Milton's Cottage would like you to join us in supporting the poet's home, which is located in the village of Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire.  It is an exciting time to become a "Friend" since this is the 400th anniversary of John Milton's birth.  There will be events celebrating his life and works in Chalfont St Giles and other places associated with the poet, including Eton, London and Cambridge.

The cottage, the only one of Milton's many dwellings to survive and now a museum, has changed little since the17th Century. The garden is stocked with the plants so beautifully described by Milton in his poetry.  It was in Chalfont St Giles that Milton's neighbour, the Quaker Thomas Ellwood, read Paradise Lost (as yet unpublished) and commented, "thou hast said much here of Paradise Lost, but what hast thou to say of Paradise found?"  On completing Paradise Regained Milton told Ellwood "this is owing to you; for you put it into my head by the question you put to me at Chalfont."

Besides the exciting programme we have lined up "Friends" (£24 per person; £36 per couple) may visit the cottage free of charge; "Benefactors" (£84 per person) will have additional privileges. Please consider joining us in our support of Milton's Cottage.

CHALFONT ST GILES LITERARY FESTIVAL

www.chalfontstgilesliteraryfestival.org.uk

12-17th May. Programme available on the website

Come and join us for an advance talk on Milton's Jacobean London by Charles Nicholl

Friday, 7th March at the Memorial Hall, School Lane, 8pm (Tickets £6)

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