Purgatory

Name: Purgatory
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Dante Alighieri
ISBN: 9781802568264

Author: Dante Alighieri

Narrator: Finian Silverwood

Unabridged: 4 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Interactive Media

Published: 12/24/2025

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Dante Alighieri’s Purgatory, the second part of The Divine Comedy, follows the poet’s ascent of Mount Purgatory, a mountain of spiritual purification shaped by divine justice. Guided by Virgil, Dante climbs through seven terraces, each corresponding to one of the seven deadly sins, where souls undergo penance to cleanse their vices. Along the way, he encounters penitents who inspire reflection on pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust. As dawn rises and hope grows, the journey symbolizes repentance, moral growth, and the soul’s preparation for divine love. Rich in theological insight and poetic beauty, Purgatory bridges damnation and grace, offering a vision of redemption through humility, free will, and divine mercy.

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 Paul on November 02, 2025

Purgatory is not directly mentioned in most versions of the Bible; but in the Catholic faith, the idea of Purgatory holds considerable importance. It is an “in-between” afterlife realm – a place where less-than-perfect people who are not ready for heaven, but who nonetheless do not deserve damnation......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