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Dante Silvers

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The Fire Duet

On the Edge of Fire is a story about a love that never truly died — only smoldered beneath the ashes.When Kira Leonova walks back into Aleksey Ivanov’s life, it’s not with apologies or explanations — just a storm trailing behind her and fire in her eyes. Years ago, she vanished without a word. Now she’s back, sitting in the bar where it all began.Their chemistry is still electric. But so are the secrets between them — a lost child, an abusive past, and a fire that may not h...

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Dante

On the night before Good Friday, Dante finds himself lost in a dark wood and pursued by beasts. Rescued by the poet Virgil, the young man is guided through the underworld, travelling through the nine circles of Hell before ascending to Purgatory. Scaling the seven terraces of the mountain, the poet is reunited with his love Beatrice, who guides him through Heaven’s nine celestial spheres.Completed shortly before the author’s death in 1321, Dante Alighieri’s epic poem is considered ...

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Dante

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Heathcote Williams

Now of that second kingdom I shall sing where human souls are purified of sin and made worthy to ascend to Heaven’ Purgatory is the second part of Dante’s The Divine Comedy ascending the terraces of the Mount of Purgatory inhabited by those doing penance to expiate their sins on earth. There are the proud forced to circle their terrace for aeons bent double in humility; the slothful running around crying out examples of zeal and sloth; while the lustful are purged by fire. Though less well...

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Dante Alighieri

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John Ciardi

The authoritative translations of The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso—together in one volume.Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature, Dante Alighieri’s poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise—the sphere of universal harmon...

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Dante

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Robert Hollander, Jean Hollander

Jean Hollander, an accomplished poet, and Robert Hollander, a renowned scholar and master teacher, whose joint translation of the Infernowas acclaimed as a new standard in English, bring their respective gifts to Purgatorio in an arresting and clear verse translation. Featuring the original Italian text opposite the translation, their edition offers an extensive and accessible introduction as well as generous historical and interpretive commentaries that d...

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Dante Petrilla

People don't know how to name cats. They pick names that they think are right for the cat or that they just like the sound of. Believe me, no cat in the world wants to be called Charlie! I learned that in a pretty amazing way as you'll discover!My Cat, Wisewhisker, helped me to write this book. He helped me to discover what the true names of all cats are. The funny thing is that the names are all related to unique cat behavior. Cat's always name themselves by virtue of their behavi...

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Dante

The Inferno, the first section of the 14th century poem The Divine Comedy, tells of the passage of Dante through Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil.Hell is described as nine circles of suffering beneath the Earth.Allegorically, the epic grandeur of Dante’s masterpieceThe Divine Comedy represents the journey of the soul towards God, with the Inferno describing the recognition and ultimate rejection of sin.“Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them...

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Dante

Translated by

Allen Mandelbaum

A superb translation of Dante’s classic tale that chronicles the poet’s journey through the nine circles of Hell, a dual-language edition vividly rendered and with an introduction and commentary by National Book Award–winning translator Allen Mandelbaum“Exactly what we have waited for these years, a Dante with clarity, eloquence, terror, and profoundly moving depths.”—Robert Fagles, Princeton UniversityIn the Inferno, renowned tran...

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Dante

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Robert Hollander, Jean Hollander

With his journeys through Hell and Purgatory complete, Dante is at last led by his beloved Beatrice to Paradise. Where his experiences in the Inferno and Purgatorio were arduous and harrowing, this is a journey of comfort, revelation, and, above all, love-both romantic and divine. Robert Hollander is a Dante scholar of unmatched reputation and his wife, Jean, is an accomplished poet. Their verse translation with facing-page Italian combines maximum fidelity to Dante's tex...

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Dante

Translated by

H. F. Cary

Illustrated by Gustave Dore. According to Wikipedia: "Durante degli Alighieri (c.1265 - 1321), commonly known as Dante Alighieri, was a Florentine poet of the Middle Ages. His central work, the Divina Commedia (originally called "Commedia" and later called "Divina" (divine) by Boccaccio hence "Divina Commedia"), is often considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature." ... Paul" Gustave Doré (January 6, 1832 – January 23, 1883) ...

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Dante

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Pinsky

The prize-winning verse translation of Dante's epic journey through hell: "splendid . . . fast-paced, idiomatic, and accurate" (Edward Hirsch, The New Yorker).This widely praised version of Dante's masterpiece, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award of the Academy of American Poets, is more idiomatic and approachable than its many predecessors. Former US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky employs slant rhyme and n...