A review by suvata
Purgatory by Dante Alighieri, Dante Alighieri

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective

5.0

• Read in conjunction with Hillsdale College’s free online course, “Dante's Divine Comedy.”
https://online.hillsdale.edu/landing/dantes-divine-comedy

• 544 pages • first pub 1472 • fiction • classics • poetry • challenging • reflective • slow-paced • 5 Stars

We know what happens in Hell.. But what about Purgatory?

Dante's Inferno revealed some titillating details about the punishments inflicted on sinners - but in a way, we already knew what happens to people in Hell. What we don't know is what happens to people who end up in Purgatory. In this second part of The Divine Comedy, Dante probes the mysteries of that strange and often misunderstood place between Earth and Heaven.

Purgatory is a place to work through - no one gets stuck there forever. The souls in Dante's Purgatory must climb up seven terraces on Mount Purgatory before they can reach Heaven.

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