The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri by Dante Alighieri, Henry Francis Cary

The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri

by Dante Alighieri and Henry Francis Cary

This is a new prose translation of Dante's epic. A newly edited version of the Italian text will be on facing pages. This edition includes fully comprehensive notes with the latest in contemporary scholarship as well as 16 short essays on special subjects at the end of the book.

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I listened to this book on CD instead of actually reading it. The version that I had had an explanation at the beginning of each verse to help you understand and then read the verse.

In this book, you travel with Dante through Purgatory and he cleanses himself of the seven deadly sins.

I really liked this book. I forgot how much I liked Greek Mythology (which I expected only because of the Inferno). It has pushed me to look into more mythology again.

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