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La Divina Commedia I. Inferno by Dante Alighieri
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it was amazing
bookshelves: classics, italy, fiction-italian, 2014

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Reading Progress

December 19, 2013 – Shelved
December 19, 2013 – Shelved as: to-read
December 19, 2013 – Shelved as: classics
December 19, 2013 – Shelved as: italy
December 19, 2013 – Shelved as: fiction-italian
February 1, 2014 – Started Reading
February 1, 2014 –
page 39
3.31% "The three beasts (leopard, lion and she-wolf), sins and political powers... Florence (black Guelphs and white Ghibellines), the King of France and the Papacy."
February 1, 2014 –
page 56
4.75% "Lucevan li occhi suoi più che la stella."
February 2, 2014 –
page 57
4.83% "Santa Lucia and divine light."
February 4, 2014 –
page 130
11.03% "Averroes thought that humanity, but not the individual, was eternal. Very controversial idea during Dante's time."
February 6, 2014 –
page 194
16.45% "Giusti son due, e non vi sono intesi;
superbia, invidia e avarizia sono
le tre faville c'hanno i cuori accesi."
February 8, 2014 –
page 259
21.97% "OMG, Dante addressing the reader...

Pensa, lettor, se io mi sconfortai
nel suon delle parole maledette,
ché non credetti ritornaci mai.


Not only is he addressing us, but also looking for our comfort... Virgil may leave him in the lurch."
February 9, 2014 –
page 292
24.77% "Interesting how Dante likes to use real places, such as Arles and Pola."
February 10, 2014 –
page 328
27.82% "quando sarai dinanzi al dolce raggio
di quella il cui bell'occhio tutto vede,
de lei saprai di tua vita il viaggio."
March 8, 2014 – Finished Reading
December 23, 2015 – Shelved (Other Paperback Edition)
February 16, 2016 – Shelved as: 2014
June 2, 2016 – Shelved as: temporarily-parked (Other Paperback Edition)

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Kalliope Poscia ch'io v'ebbi alcun riconosciuto,
vidi e conobbi l'ombra di colui
che fece per viltade il gran rifiuto.

Pope Celestine V resigned after only five months, with great consequences for Dante.


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