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Purgatory: From The Divine Comedy

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Purgatory: From The Divine Comedy

By: Dante Alighieri
Narrated by: Heathcote Williams
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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-known than Inferno, Purgatory has inspired many writers including, in our century, Samuel Beckett, and has played a key role in literature.

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Public Domain (P)2004 Naxos AudioBooks Classics Funny Classic Poetry

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In short - a true classic. A most read piece of poetry, in my opinion. Well performed.

A classic

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Beautiful narration, Thank you very much, the short music between cantos was great, this will be something I return to.

Brilliant

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This series performed by Heathcote Williams is really helping to make this text accessible to me, as his performance is really evocative and atmospheric. I probably need to listen to it again to get more out of it - I found Purgatory more difficult to follow than Inferno, but I think that’s the nature of the structure of the two parts.

Brilliant performance

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This is one of the clearest and most engaging narrations of the Divine Comedy, it is very easy to follow and enjoyable to listen to.

Best Narration

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an saijy accessible translation splendjdly read. it would be good to a oarallel reafing of Dante^s text in his italian.

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