The Inferno
Ratings103
Average rating4.1
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Ratings103
Average rating4.1
Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature, Dante Alighieri’s poetic masterpiece, *The Divine Comedy* (Italian: *Divina Commedia),* 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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(Carlyle Okey translation)
Abandon hope all ye who try to read this. Well, this is poetry. If you want a novel try somewhere else. Easier then Shakespeare, but still I can't audio-listen to this and enjoy a good plot.
This book should be read slowly, with a lot of side notes, and after a careful decision of the translation.
Read 1:15 / 13:18: 9%
A very interesting though tough read. A beautiful, complicated poem that requires reading of the footnotes to understand it at all. Dante has weaved many characters and events/places that would be impossible for the average reader to comprehend without help. He hits the mark with his creative states of purgatory and hell.
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3 primary booksLa Divina Commedia is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 10 with contributions by Nicholas Kilmer, Dante Alighieri, and 2 others.
