

Purgatory
Author: Dante
Narrator: Heathcote Williams
Unabridged: 4 hr 33 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Naxos
Published: 12/01/2004
Categories: Fiction, Poetry, European Poetry
Author: Dante
Narrator: Heathcote Williams
Unabridged: 4 hr 33 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Naxos
Published: 12/01/2004
Categories: Fiction, Poetry, European Poetry
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
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
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