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The Divine Comedy

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The Divine Comedy

By: Robin Kirkpatrick - translator, Dante Alighieri
Narrated by: Jot Davies, Robin Kirkpatrick, Kristin Atherton
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The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide, his ascent of Mount Purgatory and his 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 is published here for the first time in a single volume.

Public Domain (P)2020 Penguin Audio Ancient, Classical & Medieval Literature Epic European Poetry Themes & Styles World Literature Classics Italy
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While the story itself is brilliant the excessively dramatic narration made is version painful to listen to. I get he's trying bring flare to the reading but in this case it detracted from the experience and made it almost seem a parody of itself.

Great story, excruciating performance.

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