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The Divine Comedy

By Dante Alighieri

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Dante Alighieri's masterpiece "The Divine Comedy" is a famous Medieval Italian epic poem depicting the realms of the afterlife. Dante (who was born in 1265) wrote "The Divine Comedy" somewhere between 1308 and his death in 1321, while he was in exile from his hometown of Florence, Italy, which had been enduring civil war. "The Divine Comedy" is divided into three separate volumes, each containing 33 cantos (or chapters). These volumes are Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Dante is both the author and the central character of this trilogy. He travels through all of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven to make his way back to God, meeting several characters from history and literature on his way.

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GenrePoetry, General Fiction, Children's Literature

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Publish dateJan 1, 2019

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1PART 1 - INFERNO

2Chapter 1 - The Dark Forest. The Hill of Difficulty. The Panther, the Lion, and the Wolf. Virgil.

3Chapter 2 - The Descent. Dante's Protest and Virgil's Appeal. The Intercession of the Three Ladies Benedight.

4Chapter 3 - The Gate of Hell. The Inefficient or Indifferent. Pope Celestine V. The Shores of Acheron. Charon. The Earthquake and the Swoon.

5Chapter 4 - The First Circle, Limbo: Virtuous Pagans and the Unbaptized. The Four Poets, Homer, Horace, Ovid, and Lucan. The Noble Castle of Philosophy.

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6Chapter 5 - The Second Circle: The Wanton. Minos. The Infernal Hurricane. Francesca da Rimini.

7Chapter 6 - The Third Circle: The Gluttonous. Cerberus. The Eternal Rain. Ciacco. Florence.

8Chapter 7 - The Fourth Circle: The Avaricious and the Prodigal. Plutus. Fortune and her Wheel. The Fifth Circle: The Irascible and the Sullen. Styx.

9Chapter 8 - Phlegyas. Philippo Argenti. The Gate of the City of Dis.

10Chapter 9 - The Furies and Medusa. The Angel. The City of Dis. The Sixth Circle: Heresiarchs.

11Chapter 10 - Farinata and Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti. Discourse on the Knowledge of the Damned.

12Chapter 11 - The Broken Rocks. Pope Anastasius. General Description of the Inferno and its Divisions.

13Chapter 12 - The Minotaur. The Seventh Circle: The Violent. The River Phlegethon. The Violent against their Neighbours. The Centaurs. Tyrants.

14Chapter 13 - The Wood of Thorns. The Harpies. The Violent against themselves. Suicides. Pier della Vigna. Lano and Jacopo da Sant' Andrea.

15Chapter 14 - The Sand Waste and the Rain of Fire. The Violent against God. Capaneus. The Statue of Time, and the Four Infernal Rivers.

16Chapter 15 - The Violent against Nature. Brunetto Latini.

17Chapter 16 - Guidoguerra, Aldobrandi, and Rusticucci. Cataract of the River of Blood.

18Chapter 17 - Geryon. The Violent against Art. Usurers. Descent into the Abyss of Malebolge.

19Chapter 18 - The Eighth Circle, Malebolge: The Fraudulent and the Malicious. The First Bolgia: Seducers and Panders. Venedico Caccianimico. Jason. The Second Bolgia: Flatterers. Allessio Interminelli. Thais.

20Chapter 19 - The Third Bolgia: Simoniacs. Pope Nicholas III. Dante's Reproof of corrupt Prelates.

21Chapter 20 - The Fourth Bolgia: Soothsayers. Amphiaraus, Tiresias, Aruns, Manto, Eryphylus, Michael Scott, Guido Bonatti, and Asdente. Virgil reproaches Dante's Pity. Mantua's Foundation.

22Chapter 21 - The Fifth Bolgia: Peculators. The Elder of Santa Zita. Malacoda and other Devils.

23Chapter 22 - Ciampolo, Friar Gomita, and Michael Zanche. The Malabranche quarrel.

24Chapter 23 - Escape from the Malabranche. The Sixth Bolgia: Hypocrites. Catalano and Loderingo. Caiaphas.

25Chapter 24 - The Seventh Bolgia: Thieves. Vanni Fucci. Serpents.

26Chapter 25 - Vanni Fucci's Punishment. Agnello Brunelleschi, Buoso degli Abati, Puccio Sciancato, Cianfa de' Donati, and Guercio Cavalcanti.

27Chapter 26 - The Eighth Bolgia: Evil Counsellors. Ulysses and Diomed. Ulysses' Last Voyage.

28Chapter 27 - Guido da Montefeltro. His deception by Pope Boniface VIII.

29Chapter 28 - The Ninth Bolgia: Schismatics. Mahomet and Ali. Pier da Medicina, Curio, Mosca, and Bertrand de Born.

30Chapter 29 - Geri del Bello. The Tenth Bolgia: Alchemists. Griffolino d' Arezzo and Capocchino.

31Chapter 30 - Other Falsifiers or Forgers. Gianni Schicchi, Myrrha, Adam of Brescia, Potiphar's Wife, and Sinon of Troy.

32Chapter 31 - The Giants, Nimrod, Ephialtes, and Antaeus. Descent to Cocytus.

33Chapter 32 - The Ninth Circle: Traitors. The Frozen Lake of Cocytus. First Division, Caina: Traitors to their Kindred. Camicion de' Pazzi. Second Division, Antenora: Traitors to their Country. Dante questions Bocca degli Abati. Buoso da Duera.

34Chapter 33 - Count Ugolino and the Archbishop Ruggieri. The Death of Count Ugolino's Sons. Third Division of the Ninth Circle, Ptolomaea: Traitors to their Friends. Friar Alberigo, Branco d' Oria.

35Chapter 34 - Fourth Division of the Ninth Circle, the Judecca: Traitors to their Lords and Benefactors. Lucifer, Judas Iscariot, Brutus, and Cassius. The Chasm of Lethe. The Ascent.

36PART 2 - PURGATORIO

37Chapter 1 - The Shores of Purgatory. The Four Stars. Cato of Utica. The Rush.

38Chapter 2 - The Celestial Pilot. Casella. The Departure.

39Chapter 3 - Discourse on the Limits of Reason. The Foot of the Mountain. Those who died in Contumacy of Holy Church. Manfredi.

40Chapter 4 - Farther Ascent. Nature of the Mountain. The Negligent, who postponed Repentance till the last Hour. Belacqua.

41Chapter 5 - Those who died by Violence, but repentant. Buonconte di Monfeltro. La Pia.

42Chapter 6 - Dante's Inquiry on Prayers for the Dead. Sordello. Italy.

43Chapter 7 - The Valley of Flowers. Negligent Princes.

44Chapter 8 - The Guardian Angels and the Serpent. Nino di Gallura. The Three Stars. Currado Malaspina.

45Chapter 9 - Dante's Dream of the Eagle. The Gate of Purgatory and the Angel. Seven P's. The Keys.

46Chapter 10 - The Needle's Eye. The First Circle: The Proud. The Sculptures on the Wall.

47Chapter 11 - The Humble Prayer. Omberto di Santafiore. Oderisi d' Agobbio. Provenzan Salvani.