Title page from The Divine Comedy, Vol. 1 (Inferno) (Bilingual edition)

Part of: The Divine Comedy, in 3 vols. (Langdon trans.) The Divine Comedy, Vol. 1 (Inferno) (Bilingual edition)

Dante’s masterwork is a 3 volume work written in Italian rather than Latin. It embraces human individuality and happiness in a way which suggests the beginning of the Renaissance. This edition contains a side-by-side English and Italian version. Vol. 1 (Inferno (Hell) describes what happens to the souls of the wicked who are condemned to suffer the torments of Hell.