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The Inferno

Dante Alighieri - Author

John Ciardi - Translator

Archibald T. MacAllister - Introduction by

Edward M. Cifelli - Afterword by

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ISBN 9780451531391 | 320 pages | 06 Oct 2009 | Signet Classic | 8.26 x 5.23in | 18 - AND UP
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Belonging in the company of the works of Homer and Virgil, The Inferno is a moving human drama, a journey through the torment of Hell, an expression of the Middle Ages, and a protest against the ways in which men have thwarted the divine plan.


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