The Inferno (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

Great book......

I really enjoyed this book. It was great I L.O.V.E a book with symbolizism in it. This book is always misrepresented as one thing when its talking about something else. Dante biography is amazing. N his L.O.V.E for Beatrice was incredible. I had decided to do farther research on his life. From start to finish the book his life....both very wonderful. I enjoyed it...it is a MUST READ!!!

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Very intellectual

Dante takes a journey through the 9 levels of hell with incredible dipictions of the tortures of each level... yeah if you can understand it. This was written in 1300 so obviously the writting is much different. I found it incredibly hard to read and if it hadnt been for the endnotes i would have finished and had no idea what i just read. The idea behind the book is briliant, i loved it, i just couldnt follow along very well. I learned a lot and it was interesting enough, but it is just a tough book to follow along with. If you have lots of time, READ IT, and good luck.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Great job

If u guys look this up there is a free modern bversion written more in the style of a novel that is way easier to inderstand but ,make sure u know some basic greek mythology first!
otherwise great read

review

An excelent first part in this trilogy. Dante is a genious. This epic is fascinationg and also scary in its depiction of Hell. I was, at first, reluctant to read it because of how graphic it sounded, but I did and it was worth it. The only bad thing is the use of archaic words and the fact that, I know its poetry, but the way things are worded sometimes gets confusing. Other than that, well done.

an excellent book

i don't particularly like poetry, but this book is incredible. though the first canto is a little boring, it grabs you from the second canto all the way through to the 34th. the book can be a little hard to understand due to the translation by Longfellow into the older English of the time, but if you switch the words around a little bit, it tends to make better sense. this is a very gruesome, gorey, and depictive book of how Hell is. i recommend this for everyone who would like to see into the "9 levels" of Hell as portrayed by Dante.

interesting and hilarious

Whenever looking at the cover, you think it'll be all about punishment. But that's not all. That Dante either had a vivid imagination or was told by God Himself. I disagree with something somebody said earlier. Hell isn't a common grave for mankind. That defies the whole Bible. The spirit doesn't remain in the body it escapes the body and goes to its destination according to God's will. And this so-called Bible educator apparently doesn't understand that Jesus and God spoke of fire and brimstone, not dirt and rocks. Anyway, read the book.

An amazing tale of poetic genious!

Dante's Inferno is destined to become immortal and it's only the beginning! All three books of the Divine Comedy combine to form the perfect story of sin, redemption, and the rise into transcendant bliss.Difficult, but fully rewarding, this is epic poetry at its best. Not to mention the appearance of the one and only Virgil himself!

Excellent! Very educational, tough read for some.

This book is filled with historical references to mythology, christiantiy, and Florantine history. And very funny. The Introduction and Endnotes are very good, and essential to understanding the poem itself. I can usually get through a classic novel in a week, but it took me 6 weeks to get through this, but very well worth it. I'm moving on to Purgatorio next.

hilarious

it really is a comedy and i think readers forget that. if you want a great laugh, read dante's inferno. he wrote it because he was mad anyway, and as they say you should never write when you are mad! but if you substitute the italian politicians names for modern politicians you get a hilarious account of a man's journey through hell lead by Virgil! hilarious

Mythical Lie vs. Divine Truth

The concept of 'Hell', is exactly as portrayed, a myth. The truth about the 'Bible Hell', is that it is a Greek word, i.e. Hades, which means the commom grave of mankind. King James Bible, Acts 2:30-31. Jesus would not have been in a fiery place of torment, but rather a grave, awaiting his resurrection. A Witness of The Most High God Psalms 83:18

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Awesome Read

Great vocabulary and the endnotes and footnotes help alot. The writer uses great imagery to create vivid pictures in you mind. The book can be a bit frightening at times but it all add to the effect.

Enthralling Read

A very good read. I was assigned this book to read for senior english class. At first I had trouble getting into the story, but after the third canto I was hooked. This book was unlike anything else I had read and I am excited to read the Purgatorio.

best book ever written

i have read this book and i am currently reading the purgatorio. it is my opinion that this is the best book ever written. the language in this book is almost non-existent among writers these days and the references to his own birthplace gives the book a very nostalgic feel

Not Bad

I started reading this book again after reading Paradise Lost last semester in College. I will say I get it better now then I did when I first picked it up about 6 months before I read PL. Overall a good book but it can be a bit weird at times. I would recomend it.

Great read

This was the first reading anything like this for me. It was a very hard read but turned out being the best book I've ever read. I would recommend this to anyone. The end notes made reading it much easier and the summaries at the beginning made sure that I understood what had happened in each canto.

Classic literature at its best

Albeit ladden with many (and, at times, puzzling) allusions to other aspects of literature and culture, Dante Alighieri's 'Inferno' is a most excellent read. As the first part of the longer 'Divine Comedy,' it is a perfect beginning for Dante the Pilgrim's journey to Paradise.

A hard read made easy

This was a very hard read. The endnotes made it much easier, pleasurable, and worth the effort. It must have been great for Dante to place people he disliked in Hell for all to read about for almost 7 hundred years.

A good read

The book is a bit hard to get into, but then it gets better, the notes at the end of the book really helped me in understading what was going on. I highly recommend this book.

Good but hard

This version of the Inferno is by far the hardest to read. It is a very good book don't get me wrong, but the reading is strenous. I would suggest reading some excerpts from the other versions of the Inferno before purchasing this book.

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