Purgatorio, Dante Alighieri
Purgatorio, Dante Alighieri
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Purgatorio

Author: Dante Alighieri

Narrator: Charles Armstrong

Unabridged: 3 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/26/2018

Synopsis

Purgatorio is the second part of The Divine Comedy, Dante's epic poem describing man's progress from hell to paradise. Having escaped the Inferno, Dante and his guide, the classical Roman poet Virgil, ascend out of the underworld to the Mountain of Purgatory on an island on the far side of the world. The mountain has nine terraces, seven of which correspond to the seven deadly sins, and two of which constitute an Ante-Purgatory with the Garden of Eden at the summit. Dante writes about sin based on motives in Purgatory, rather than actions as in The Inferno, giving the book a more psychological aspect. Arriving on Easter Sunday, Purgatorio represents the time of human life on earth.

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on December 08, 2016

This is a great book, but does require the notes to make any sense of it. Hundreds of characters from Danté's Italy not to mention host of mythological and Biblical ones tended to distract me just reading the poetry and appreciating Dante's wonderful descriptions. I have to stop at the end of each c......more

Goodreads review by Gabriel on September 20, 2022

Dante anuncia que ahora tomará como tema "el segundo reino". Aquí es donde se limpia el alma del hombre: la montaña del Purgatorio. 3.5 en realidad Si bien esta vez pasamos al Purgatorio; centro de limpieza, reflexión, arrepentimiento y penitencia para las almas que han pecado; la historia sigue teni......more

Goodreads review by Matthew Ted on June 18, 2021

64th book of 2021. Artist for this review is, again, French artist Gustave Doré. Most people never read past Inferno and I often guessed at why: in Hell we have mythical beasts, fire, punishment, demons, etc., and surely that is far more enjoyable to read about then Dante walking about a lovely garde......more

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