Dante's Inferno

Name: Dante's Inferno
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Dante Alighieri
ISBN: 9781907416743

Author: Dante Alighieri

Narrator: Alex Jennings, Arthur Brown, Corin Redgrave, Laurie Anderson

Unabridged: 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: CSA Word

Published: 01/05/2023

Categories: Fiction, Poetry, Epic Poetry

Synopsis

At dusk on the eve of Good Friday, Dante and Virgil embark on a journey that will lead Dante to Heaven where a contentment with God will be found and his beloved Beatrice awaits. But first, they must pass through the Gate of Hell and enter the underground world of sinners. The living man and his un-dead guide witness a succession of terrible punishments being inflicted on those who led ungodly lives before re-emerging into the world on Easter day.

This audio version is a dramatisation of the epic poem starring acclaimed British actors Corin Redgrave, Alex Jennings, Laurie Anderson and Arthur Brown.

About Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri, the Italian poet whose masterpiece The Divine Comedy has exerted a profound influence on Western thought, was born in Florence in 1265. He entered public life in 1295, later becoming one of the six governing magistrates of Florence. He repeatedly opposed the machinations of Pope Boniface VIII, who was attempting to place all of Tuscany under Papal control, and in 1301 was banished from Florence on trumped-up charges. Dante would never enter his native city again, spending his remaining years with a series of patrons in various courts in Italy. He completed The Divine Comedy shortly before his death in 1321.

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