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The Divine Comedy
- By: Dante Alighieri, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - translator
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 73
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Story4 out of 5 stars 72
Dante's Divine Comedy is considered to be not only the most important epic poem in Italian literature, but also one of the greatest poems ever written. It consists of 100 cantos, and (after an introductory canto) they are divided into three sections. Each section is 33 cantos in length, and they describe how Dante and a guide travel through Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.
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Dull!
- By David on 13-06-14
Impenetrable translation
Reviewed: 03-08-21
I'm not sure why this translation was done in this way, it would benefit from a modern language translation. Much of the imagery was lost in trying to follow the sentence structure. Getting through this was a real slog, really not enjoyable. The narrator seemed to be putting on a faux English accent but not quite hitting some of the words quite right which jarred. avoid.
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