Dante Alighieri Audio

Perhaps no other work of literature has aroused so much admiration in so many countries and so many readers as The Divine Comedy.

Dante's vision, The Divine Comedy, has profoundly affected every generation since it first appeared in the early 14th century. This unabridged box set contains the trilogy of The Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise, plus a biography of Dante.

The Divine Comedy written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature...

Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise-the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation.

The first of the three canticles in "The Divine Comedy," this 14th-century allegorical poem begins Dante's imaginary journey from Hell to Purgatory to Paradise with his sojourn among the damned. This version of the classic poem is the translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Midway on our life's journey, I found myself in dark woods, the right road lost. To tell about those woods...

Abandon all hope you who enter here. Dante's Hell is one of the most remarkable visions in Western literature. An allegory for his and future ages...

Led by his guide Beatrice, Dante leaves the Earth behind and soars through the heavenly spheres of Paradise. In this third and final part of The Divine Comedy...

Purgatory is the second part of Dante's The Divine Comedy. The listener finds the Poet, with his guide Virgil, ascending the terraces of the Mount of Purgatory...