The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Inferno

Inferno is the opening canticle of Dante Alighieri's 14th-century masterpiece The Divine Comedy, describing a fictionalized Dante's descent through the nine concentric circles of Hell, each punishing sinners according to their earthly crimes.

Guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil, the narrator confronts the recognition and rejection of sin in an allegorical journey representing the soul's movement toward God. This edition, translated by Robert and Jean Hollander, presents the original Italian text alongside the English translation, offering readers an immersive experience of one of literature's most profound visions of divine justice.