The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Paradise, Volume 1 by Dante Alighieri

"The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Paradise, Volume 1" by Dante Alighieri is an Italian narrative poem begun around 1308 and completed around 1321. This epic work follows Dante's journey through the three realms of the afterlife—Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven—guided by the poet Virgil and his ideal woman Beatrice. The poem explores divine justice, depicting how souls receive punishment or reward based on their earthly actions. Allegorically, it represents the soul's journey toward God through recognition of sin, penance, and spiritual ascent, drawing on medieval Catholic theology and philosophy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Illustrator Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883
Translator Cary, Henry Francis, 1772-1844
Title The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Paradise, Volume 1
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy
Credits Produced by David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 66.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Epic poetry, Italian -- Translations into English
Subject Italian poetry -- To 1400 -- Translations into English
Category Text
eBook-No. 8796
Release Date
Last Update Jan 2, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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