The Divine Comedy: Inferno

Name: The Divine Comedy: Inferno
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Author: Dante Alighieri
ISBN: 9781400186020

Author: Dante Alighieri

Narrator: James Langton

Unabridged: 4 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/19/2010

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

The most famous of the three canticles that compose The Divine Comedy, "Inferno" describes Dante's descent into Hell midway through his life with Virgil as a guide. As he descends through nine concentric circles of increasingly agonizing torture, Dante encounters doomed souls that include the pagan Aeneas, the liar Odysseus, the suicidal Cleopatra, and his own political enemies, damned for their deceit. Led by leering demons, Dante must ultimately journey with Virgil to the deepest level of all—for it is only by encountering Satan himself, in the heart of Hell, that he can truly understand the tragedy of sin.

This version of the classic poem is the translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the poem's first American translator.

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 emma on March 09, 2024

whoa this book is wild. in place of a review of this whole book, i'm just going to write about this single line in Inferno that i full on cannot stop thinking about. warning: this is completely nasty. blame Dante. also: all credit goes out to my literary foundations professor. i'm essentially regurgi......more

Goodreads review by Glenn on July 03, 2023

Dante’s Inferno - the first book I was assigned to read in my high school World Literature class. Back then I couldn’t get over how much the emotion of fear set the tone as I read each page. I recently revisited this classic. Rather than a more conventional review – after all, there really is nothin......more

Goodreads review by Meghhnaa on November 30, 2022

“Do not be afraid; our fate cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.” “There is no greater sorrow than to recall our times of joy in wretchedness.” “Wisdom is earned, not given.” “One ought to be afraid of nothing other than things possessed of power to do us harm, but things innocuous need not be feared......more

Goodreads review by Joshua Nomen-Mutatio on April 28, 2011

THIS BOOK IS ABOUT HOW HELL IS GONNA SUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK......more