The Divine Comedy

Name: The Divine Comedy
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Dante Alighieri
ISBN: 9781666590074

Author: Dante Alighieri

Narrator: Charles Armstrong

Unabridged: 11 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 06/26/2018

Categories: Nonfiction, Literary Criticism, Fiction, Poetry, Epic Poetry, European Poetry

Synopsis

The Divine Comedy is a narrative poem by Dante Alighieri that describes the the pilgrim Dante’s travels through Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio), and Paradise (Paradiso). This trio of books, or cantiche, is one example of the number three as a theme throughout the work. Each book consists of 33 cantos, which—added to an introductory canto—totals 100. Each cantica follows a pattern of nine phases plus one for a total of ten: nine circles of hell plus Lucifer, nine rings of Mount Purgatory plus the garden of Eden, nine celestial bodies of Paradise followed by the Empyrean essence of God. Widely considered the preeminent work in Italian literature, it helped establish the Tuscan language as the standardized Italian language. This edition follows the H.F. Cary English translation.

About Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), a major Italian poet of the late Middle Ages, has been called the father of the Italian language. His classic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is widely considered to be the greatest literary work ever composed in Italian, and his writing has inspired a wide range of artists including sculptor Auguste Rodin, composer Franz Liszt, and numerous authors, such as Geoffrey Chaucer, John Milton, and T.S. Eliot.

About Charles Armstrong

Charles Armstrong trained at the Drama Studio. His theatre work includes Stop Messing About (Leicester Square Theatre) and Round the Horne Revisited (West End and Tour). He has also worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company, National, and many repertory theaters. His work on film and TV includes Scoop, EastEnders, Poirot, Head Over Heels, and The Navigators. He has recorded numerous voiceovers, documentaries, radio dramas, and audiobooks.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Manny on December 27, 2008

"You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth." - Niels Bohr I was thinking about Dante the other day and wondering how one could approach him from the angle of a GoodReads review. One of the obvious problems is that he lived a lo......more

Goodreads review by Manny on December 15, 2021

I We attempt to rewrite the Divine Comedy Canto I In the middle of the journey of my life I came across a man named Trump Who seemed bent on causing much strife O! how he was an unpleasant, fleshy lump! Like some hobgoblin of the child's imagination Or a thing that in the night goes bump. But in spite of le......more

Goodreads review by Carlos on December 12, 2024

Aclaro algo: no soy religioso, ni intelectual ni estudioso de los dioses o lo que pasa antes o después de la vida y la muerte. Leí el libro y lo encontré muy bueno. Leí la obra en un solo libro, pero no sabía que estaba dividido en 3 partes. Al parecer, Infierno es la obra más conocida, y no es para......more

Goodreads review by Maddy ✨ on March 30, 2025

"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate." "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy isn’t just a poem—it’s an eternal nightmare carved into literature. a journey through Hell’s horrors, Purgatory’s trials, and Heaven’s eternal glow. Sinners burn, the repen......more