La Divina Commedia: The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri by Melville Best Anderson, Dante Alighieri

3.86 AVERAGE

petter_hopp's review against another edition

4.0
God oversettelse.

ceciliacb's review against another edition

4.0
Ok I'm now officially a Dante fan. The amount of work and insight that went into these epics is insane and I wish I knew Italian so I could get the full effect. That being said, this was a great translation and would highly recommend.
I loved getting all the theological discussions in this installment in particular. It's just fascinating and I'm sure I could read this every year for the rest of my life and find something new each time. This definitely deserves a reread in the near future.

elms2000's review against another edition

5.0
challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

anna_karenina5's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

donutssdv's review against another edition

5.0
Again, a splendid work by Dante Alighieri. This book is "deeper" than Inferno so a lot of thinking must be done in order to understand this book. Aside from the notes at the back of the book, reading some analysis online would help in understanding this book.

sienna16's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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stagemel's review against another edition

5.0
I read this after reading The Inferno with Dr. Coulter. I have stalled here, still awaiting the right time to get to Paradiso...

mhaight's review against another edition

3.0
I'm taking a class entitled "Purgatorio and the nature of forgiveness" so this may take a while. - And great fun it was too!

cameronius's review against another edition

5.0
My favorite portion of the Commedia and more than the other canticles, a demonstration of Dante's absolute mastery as a poet, philosopher and storyteller.

goldleaderj's review against another edition

3.0
reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes