The Divine Comedy: Inferno: The Divine Comedy: Hell

Dante Alighieri

Dec 2020 · Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing · Narrated by John Brown

3.5

41 reviews

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5 hr 34 min

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Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno (or The Divine Comedy: Hell) (Italian: La Commedia, later La Divina Commedia) is a poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed in 1320, that gives the widest synthesis of medieval culture and world ontology. It is a real medieval encyclopedia of scientific, political, philosophical, moral and religious knowledges. Dante's Inferno considered to be the preeminent work in Italian and world literature. The Divine Comedy is a result work of the whole second part of Dante’s life; it is his last and most mature creation. The poet’s view of the world is delivered in this work to the fullest extent. Dante acts here as the last great medieval poet; the poet who continues to develop medieval literature. Hell is represented in a form of a huge tunnel, consisting of concentric circles, which narrowing end approaches the centre of the earth. After going through the Hell’s threshold, where the souls of weak and vain people dwell, they enter the first Circle, Limbo that contains the souls of virtuous pagans who did not learn true belief but nearly approached it, so they were put out of hellfire. Dante watches here such representatives of Antic culture as Aristotle, Euripides, Homer etc. The Hell’s “antiquity” is inducted to underline that Antic culture is not signed by Christ, it is pagan and, as a result, it is not sinful

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3.5

41 reviews

Jeremy Martin

September 27, 2020

This recording is not in English. Sure, some words are English words, but even those are transformed by the reader into a different sounding words. "Void" becomes "Wood". "Verily" becomes "Wehwahlee". "World" becomes "Vuwuld". No pop screen on the microphone makes these mystery words explosively loud, or "Es-poh-zi-willie Woahed". If you are from the US this audio book is not for you.

Michelle Lunning

June 6, 2020

Absolute worst audiobook I've ever tried to listen to! You can't understand a word he says!

kirsty gallacher

November 26, 2019

Poor quality recording. .and sounds like the chef from the muppets. ..not worth the few pence it cost. ..readers diction is awful. .and speaks to near to the mic. ..

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