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The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
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The Divine Comedy

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Translator Robin Kirkpatrick
Length 17 hours 16 minutes
Language English
Narrators Kristin Atherton, Jot Davies & Robin Kirkpatrick

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Summary

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The Divine Comedy
describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and encounter with his dead love, Beatrice; and finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, the poem is a brilliantly nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption. This major translation, described by Bernard O'Donoghue as 'likely to be the best modern version of Dante', is published here for the first time in a single volume.

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Audiobook details

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ISBN:
9780241425541

Length:
17 hours 16 minutes

Language:
English

Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd

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Edition:
Unabridged

Libro.fm rank:
#29,485 Overall

Genre rank:
#162 in Poetry

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Reviews

The perfect balance of tightness and colloquialism . . . Likely to be the best modern version of Dante Kirkpatrick brings a more nuanced sense of the Italian and a more mediated appreciation of the poem's construction than nearly all of his competitors We gain much from Kirkpatrick's fidelity to syntax and nuance... His introduction...tells you, very readable indeed, pretty much all you need for a heightened appreciation of the work Expand reviews
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