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The Comedy of Dante Alighieri, the Florentine

Beginning with Dante's liberation from Hell, Pugatory relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory-a mountain of nine levels. As he travels through the first seven levels, Dante observes the sinners who are waiting, and through these encounters he himself is transformed into a stronger and better man
Print Book, English, ©1955-©1962
Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, ©1955-©1962
Penguin classics, L6, L46, L105
Poetry
3 v. : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 18 cm.
1941566
1. Hell
2. Purgatory
3. Paradise
Vols. 2-3 have imprint: Baltimore, Penguin Books
Vol. 3 translated by Dorothy L. Sayers and Barbara Reynolds