The Inferno
Translated by Robert Pinsky
Divine Comedy: Book #1
- By: Robert Pinsky & Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 4 hours 40 minutes
Description
Dramatic, intense, and gripping, The Inferno of Dante is an astonishing masterpiece that no listener can afford to miss. Robert Pinsky, the distinguished American poet, preserves the burning clarity and universal relevance of this 13th century literary masterpiece in a triumphant new translation for our times. Line by line, canto by canto, Robert Pinksy affirms The Inferno as a powerful living classic for today's listeners.
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Divine Comedy Series

The Inferno
By: Robert Pinsky & Dante Alighieri
Narrated by: George Guidall
Length: 4 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Dramatic, intense, and gripping, The Inferno of Dante is an astonishing masterpiece that no listener can afford to miss. Robert Pinsky, the distinguished American poet, preserves the burning clarity and universal relevance of this 13th century literary masterpiece in a triumphant new translation for our times. Line by line, canto by canto,... Read more »
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Purgatorio
By: Dante Alighieri
Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
Length: 3 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Purgatorio is the second part of The Divine Comedy, Dante's epic poem describing man's progress from hell to paradise. Having escaped the Inferno, Dante and his guide, the classical Roman poet Virgil, ascend out of the underworld to the Mountain of Purgatory on an island on the far side of the world. The mountain has nine terraces, seven of... Read more »
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Inferno
By: Dante Alighieri
Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
Length: 4 hours 1 minutes
Abridged: No
The Inferno is the first part of The Divine Comedy, Dante’s epic poem describing man's progress from hell to paradise. In it, the author is lost in a dark wood, threatened by wild beasts and unable to find the right path to salvation. Notable for its nine circles of hell, the poem vividly illustrates the poetic justice of punishments faced by... Read more »
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