Dante and his guides must then travel through the nine circles of Hell, seven terraces of Purgatory, and nine spheres of Heaven to experience divine justice for earthly sins so that he may reach the Empyrean and receive Godâs love.
Blocked from climbing towards the bright light by a she-wolf, a leopard, and a lion, he is forced to walk further into the darkened valley and towards the gates of Hell. The poem opens with Danteâs deathânot his actual death that would come shortly after his workâs completion, but his fictional deathâwhere the author is found wandering in a dark forest. Writing between 13, Dante draws from countless subjects including Roman Catholic theology and philosophy, the struggle between the papacy and the Holy Roman Empire, Greek mythology, and geocentric cosmology to answer the age-old question: what does the afterlife look like? Danteâs vision of the answer, this three-volume epic poem, describes in great detail the systematic levels in Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Part of the Encyclopædia Britannicaâs Great Books of the Western Worldĭante Alighieriâs Divine Comedy is considered one of the greatest works in world literature, and it established the standardized Italian language that is used today. Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Standard Ebooksġ15,547 words (7 hours 1 minute) with a reading ease of 61.09 (average difficulty) Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover.
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