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The Divine Comedy

115 Ratings

3.5

Duration
13H 18min
Language
English
Format
Category

Lyric Poetry & Drama

Blackstone Audio presents a new recording of this classic masterpiece, originally published in 1320, read by award-winning narrator Ralph Cosham.

No words can describe the greatness of this work, a greatness both of theme and of artistry. Dante’s theme is universal; it involves the greatest concepts that man has ever attained. Only a genius could have found the loftiness of tone and the splendor and variety of images that are presented in The Divine Comedy.

The story is an allegory representing the soul’s journey from spiritual depths to spiritual heights. As mankind exposes itself, by its merits or demerits, to the rewards or the punishments of justice, it experiences “Inferno” or hell, “Purgatorio” or purgatory, and “Paradiso” or heaven, a vision of a world of beauty, light, and song. Dante’s arduous journey through the circles of hell make for an incredibly moving human drama, and a single listen will reveal the power of Dante’s imagination to make the spiritual visible.

In this edition, “Inferno” is translated by John Aitken Carlyle, “Purgatorio,” by Thomas Okey, and “Paradiso” by Philip H. Wicksteed.

© 2007 Blackstone Publishing (Audiobook): 9781483089409
© 2012 Wordsworth Editions (Ebook): 9781848705593

Translators: Thomas Okey, John Aitken Carlyle, Philip H. Wicksteed, H.F. Cary

Release date

Audiobook: 1 July 2007
Ebook: 1 August 2012

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