The Divine Comedy: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Dante's journey through the three realms of the dead: led by the poet Virgil down the circles of Hell and up the mountain of Purgatory, then guided by Beatrice through the spheres of Paradise, he meets the souls of popes and lovers, traitors and saints, and the great figures of Florence and antiquity. Henry Francis Cary's blank-verse translation, illustrated with the engravings of Gustave Doré. Its 135 original illustrations have been carefully restored and coloured for this edition.
Dante's journey through the three realms of the dead: led by the poet Virgil down the circles of Hell and up the mountain of Purgatory, then guided by Beatrice through the spheres of Paradise, he meets the souls of popes and lovers, traitors and saints, and the great figures of Florence and antiq...
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Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a Florentine poet and statesman, exiled from his city in 1302, whose Divine Comedy, written in the Tuscan vernacular rather than Latin, became the founding work of Italian literature. Henry Francis Cary (1772-1844), an English clergyman, published his translation between 1805 and 1814.
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a Florentine poet and statesman, exiled from his city in 1302, whose Divine Comedy, written in the Tuscan vernacular rather than Latin, became the founding work of Italian literature. Henry Francis Cary (1772-1844), an English clergyman, published his translation b...
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