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Inferno: The Divine Comedy I
Dante
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Description for Inferno: The Divine Comedy I
Hardback. Describing Dante's descent into Hell midway through his life with Virgil as a guide, this title depicts a cruel underworld in which desperate figures are condemned to eternal damnation for committing one or more of seven deadly sins. Translator(s): Kirkpatrick, Robin. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 137 x 39. Weight in Grams: 684.
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.
Describing Dante's descent into Hell midway through his life with Virgil as a guide, Inferno depicts a cruel underworld in which desperate figures are condemned to eternal damnation for committing one or more of seven deadly sins. As he descends through nine concentric circles of increasingly agonising torture, Dante encounters doomed souls including the pagan Aeneas, the liar Odysseus, the suicide Cleopatra, and his own political ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Series
Penguin Clothbound Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141195872
SKU
9780141195872
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About Dante
Dante Alighieri was born in 1265. Considered Italy's greatest poet, this scion of a Florentine family mastered in the art of lyric poetry at an early age. His first major work is La Vita Nuova (1292) which is a tribute to Beatrice Portinari, the great love of his life. Married to Gemma Donatic, Dante's political activism resulted in his being ... Read more
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