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  • Published: 4 May 2006
  • ISBN: 9780141911038
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 144
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The Descent into Hell



One of 20 Penguin Epics published to celebreate Penguin Classics' 60th Anniversary

Many have made the journey. None have ever returned...

Wandering through a dark forest, Dante finds himself at the gates to the underworld. Despite his terror, he dares to enter the Circles of Hell, where the damned lie in torment.

As he descends deeper, he encounters wild-eyed sinners, sees the three-headed, howling hound Cerberus, and meets a long-dead prophet who foretells Dante's destiny. He passes through realms of fire and ice, and at last reaches the frozen heart of Hell - where the hideous Satan, greatest of all the damned, lies in wait...

  • Published: 4 May 2006
  • ISBN: 9780141911038
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 144
Categories:

About the author

Dante Dante

Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265. When he was nine years old he met Bice Portinari, the Beatrice who inspires both his first work, La Vita Nuova and The Divine Comedy. Beatrice died in 1290. He had at least three children with his wife Gemma di Manetto Donati. His involvement in politics in Florence led to his exile in 1302 and he eventually settled in Ravenna where he died in 1321.

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