The Divine Comedy I: Hell - Dante Alighieri

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 Dante’s life. In this first part of his Divine Comedy, Dante fused satire and humour with intellect and soaring passion to create an immortal Christian allegory of mankind’s search for self-knowledge and spiritual enlightenment.

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Please note this copy has some light scuffs on the edges of the covers and some creases on the covers and a small neat inscription on the inside page

ISBN: 0140440062

Size: Paperback, 346 pages.

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Year: 1972