The Divine Comedy

The Inferno,Purgatorio & Paradiso in English with the Gustave Doré illustrations

The Divine Comedy (Italian: Divina Commedia) is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between c. 1308 and his death in 1321. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work of Italian literature,and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.The poem’s imaginative and allegorical vision of the afterlife is a culmination of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western Church. It helped establish the Tuscan dialect, in which it is written, as the standardised Italian language. It is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.

Fully re-edited by Mike Manley © 2013 for the modern reader.This is not a scanned copy and is fully searchable & editable with high quality illustrations and flowing text.This book has been designed in Portrait mode and is best read in that format.Some devices may need screen auto-rotation turned off for the app to work properly.This book has been abridged ( shortened ) but all Cantos are included, with Arguments and original etchings/plates. Two abridged biographies are included: Dante and Doré, for those not familiar with either.

As this book has been compiled from freely available Public Domain and Copyright free material, this book has no charges or fees attached and is freely downloadable and free to share for all Android users.

Sincerely Mike Manley October 2013.