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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 851.1
EAN: 9780679433132
Edition: One-volume
ISBN: 0679433139
Label: Everyman's Library
Manufacturer: Everyman's Library
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 798
Publication Date: August 01, 1995
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Release Date: August 01, 1995
Studio: Everyman's Library

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Introduction by Eugenio Montale; Translation by Allen Mandelbaum




Rating: - Recommending An Easy Read Of Dante's Divine Comedy
After receiving my copy of The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso (Everyman's Library), I mentally prepared myself for a battle; as I have read numerous times that this piece of literature is very difficult to read. Indeed, it is not a light read, but this Everyman's edition of Allen Mandelbaum's translation with a glossary and sufficient endnotes, makes it an easy and enjoyable read.

All three parts (Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso) of the epic is in one well bounded book with ... Read More

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Rating: - Superb Book!!!
This is such a GREAT book. I've decided to use it for my HS graduationn project. It is very in depth and provides a great recollection! It is just like the original Divine Comedy written by Dante hisself!!

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Rating: - Beautiful Edition
The Divine Comedy / 0-679-43313-9

This edition of the Divine Comedy is a beautiful addition to any library. The hardcover cloth binding is clean and tight, with a ribbon bookmark. I'm not an expert in translations, but this translation seems very good, true to the source material. The poetic nature of the poem is carefully preserved, with copious endnotes to explain the political, historical, and religious significance of the more obscure passages.

This book probably isn't ... Read More

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Rating: - Excellent Translation
The introduction by a modern poet rambles on and is not worth reading, however the stories by Dante are excellent and have been translated without losing any of the original meaning. Notes in the back make it easy to follow this 400 year old story.

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Rating: - "The Divine Comedy"
Vigil, a legendary poet, saves Dante from sins and takes him to Hell in "The Divine Comedy." With Virgil as his guide, Dante witnesses horrors and endless despair. People in Hell are punished according to their sin, and the farther down they are, the worse the punishment is. Being and endless poem, the book doesn't always make sense, but in the end it turned out okay.

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