The Divine Comedy
$48.00
- Hardcover
664 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2025
Summary
Dante’s epic poem of the soul’s journey through the afterlife remains essential reading seven centuries after its initial publication. This edition was translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso—the three fates of the deceased become the three pillars of an epic poem. The Divine Comedy, written by Italian poet Dante Alighieri in the fourteenth century, is considered the foremost work in Italian literature. The journey begins with Dante’s desce…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781667211497 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1667211498 |
| Author: | Dante Alighieri, Gustave Dore, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| Publisher: | Canterbury Classics |
| Imprint: | Canterbury Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 664 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.02kg |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 159mm x 41mm |
| Series: | Leather-bound Classics |
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About The Author
Dante Alighieri
Durante degli Alighieri, known as Dante (1265–1321), was a major Italian poet of the Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature.
Paul Gustave Doré (January 6, 1832 – January 23, 1883) was a French artist, engraver, illustrator and sculptor. Doré worked primarily with wood engraving and steel engraving.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet whose works include “Paul Revere’s Ride”, The Song of Hiawatha, and “Evangeline”. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy and was one of the five members of the group known as the Fireside Poets.
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