The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Hell - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Dante Alighieri, Dorothy L. Sayers (Translator), Dorothy L. Sayers (Introduction by)Series:Divine ComedyAudience:Young AdultPublish date:1950-06-30Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140440065ISBN-10:140440062UPC:9780140440065Book Category:Poetry, FictionBook Subcategory:European, Classics, Ancient & ClassicalSize:8.39 x 4.46 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SCT2EBATB2
The first volume of Dante's Divine Comedy Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous journey towards God. Together they descend through the nine circles of the underworld and encounter the tormented souls of the damned - from heretics and pagans to gluttons, criminals and seducers - who tell of their sad fates and predict events still to come in...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140440065ISBN-10:140440062UPC:9780140440065Book Category:Poetry, FictionBook Subcategory:European, Classics, Ancient & ClassicalSize:8.39 x 4.46 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SCT2EBATB2
Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265 and belonged to a noble but impoverished family. He was married when he was around twenty to Gemma Donati and had four children. He met Beatrice, who was to be his muse, in 1274, and when she died in 1290 he sought distraction in philosophy and theology, and wrote La Vita Nuova. He worked on the Divine Comedy from 1308 until near the time of his death...
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