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A pilgrim, lost in a dark wood, finds rescue when a distinguished classical poet, dispatched at the behest of a heavenly woman, offers to guide him through the realm of the damned. They descend through ordered circles that disclose vivid punishments corresponding to moral failings, and they encounter mythic figures and recent personages who articulate human culpability. The narrative blends striking visual detail with theological and political reflection, using allegory to examine justice, responsibility, and the soul’s need for purification, and it functions as the opening segment of a larger allegorical voyage toward moral restoration.

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Title: Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Hell

Author: Dante Alighieri

Translator: Henry Francis Cary

Release date: August 7, 2004 [eBook #1005]
Most recently updated: October 29, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Judith Smith and Natalie Salter

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DIVINE COMEDY, CARY'S TRANSLATION, HELL ***

HELL

OR THE INFERNO FROM THE DIVINE COMEDY
BY

Dante Alighieri

Translated by
THE REV. H. F. CARY, M.A.


Contents

CANTO I.
CANTO II.
CANTO III.
CANTO IV.
CANTO V.
CANTO VI.
CANTO VII.
CANTO VIII.
CANTO IX.
CANTO X.
CANTO XI.
CANTO XII.
CANTO XIII.
CANTO XIV.
CANTO XV.
CANTO XVI.
CANTO XVII.
CANTO XVIII.
CANTO XIX.
CANTO XX.
CANTO XXI.
CANTO XXII.
CANTO XXIII.
CANTO XXIV.
CANTO XXV.
CANTO XXVI.
CANTO XXVII.
CANTO XXVIII.
CANTO XXIX.
CANTO XXX.
CANTO XXXI.
CANTO XXXII.
CANTO XXXIII.
CANTO XXXIV.