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The Divine Comedy
- Author
- Dante Alighieri
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 1 October 2020
- Run Time
- 17 hours 17 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Poetry / poems by individual poets, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Christianity
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin
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.
(P) Penguin Audio 2020
Critics Review
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The perfect balance of tightness and colloquialism . . . Likely to be the best modern version of Dante
Bernard O'Donoghue
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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
The Times
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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
Guardian
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
Love both the book and the narration, defo worth the £8. The narration gives you alot of emotion and voices. I don't need to say anything on the book itself, it's The Divine Comedy what else is there to say?
Dante Alighieri 2022-03-30
Details
- Author
- Dante Alighieri
- Narrator
- Kristin Atherton, Jot Davies, Robin Kirkpatrick
- Duration
- 17 hours 17 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 October 2020
- ISBN
- 9780241425541
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Poetry / poems by individual poets, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Christianity
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Brought to you by PenguinThe 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.(P) Penguin Audio 2020
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