The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri

Aug 2016 · Author's Republic · Narrated by Multiple Narrators

About this audiobook

Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise—the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation.

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The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and encounter with his dead love, Beatrice; and finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, the poem is a brilliantly nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption. Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265 and belonged to a noble but impoverished family. His life was divided by political duties and poetry, the most of famous of which was inspired by his meeting with Bice Portinari, whom he called Beatrice,including La Vita Nuova and The Divine Comedy. He died in Ravenna in 1321.

I've read a number of translations of Dante's most beloved and sought-after Divine Comedy, and while each translation has something unique about it, this was certainly my favorite. It was accessible and true to Dante's goal of describing his version of all the things we wonder about but can never know in this life, about what it is that comes after; that tries to answer that inevitable question, "What's next?"

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