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Beginning with dantes liberation from hell, purgatory relates his ascent, accompanied by virgil, of the mount of purgatory a mountain of nine levels, formed from rock forced upwards when god threw satan into depths of the earth. The radiant climax to dantes aweinspiring epic, in a definitive new translation having plunged to the utmost depths of hell and climbed mount purgatory in the first two parts of the divine comedy, dante now ascends to heaven, guided by his beloved beatrice, to continue his search for god. Divine comedy, longfellows translation, hell by dante alighieri free ebook project gutenberg. The journey lasts from the night before good friday to the wednesday after easter in the spring of 0 placing it before dante s factual exile from florence. Project gutenbergs the divine comedy, complete, by dante alighieri this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions. Download the inferno dover thrift editions by dante alighieri 20050801 and read the inferno dover thrift editions by dante alighieri 20050801 online books in format pdf. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages.
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