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No greater grief than to remember days / Of joy when misery is at hand.

—Hell. Canto v. Line 121.

Dante Alighieri

Harvard Classics, Vol. 20

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri

From Dante’s revolutionary use of the vernacular Italian, this translation in blank verse remains a standard. These 101 cantos form the height of the fall-and-redemption genre that would influence every generation of writer since.

CONTENTS

Bibliographic Record

TRANSLATED BY HENRY F. CARY

NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001

Introductory Note
Inferno [Hell]: Canto I; Canto II; Canto III; Canto IV; Canto V; Canto VI; Canto VII; Canto VIII; Canto IX; Canto X; Canto XI; Canto XII; Canto XIII; Canto XIV; Canto XV; Canto XVI; Canto XVII; Canto XVIII; Canto XIX; Canto XX; Canto XXI; Canto XXII; Canto XXIII; Canto XXIV; Canto XXV; Canto XXVI; Canto XXVII; Canto XXVIII; Canto XXIX; Canto XXX; Canto XXXI; Canto XXXII; Canto XXXIII; Canto XXXIV
Purgatory: Canto I; Canto II; Canto III; Canto IV; Canto V; Canto VI; Canto VII; Canto VIII; Canto IX; Canto X; Canto XI; Canto XII; Canto XIII; Canto XIV; Canto XV; Canto XVI; Canto XVII; Canto XVIII; Canto XIX; Canto XX; Canto XXI; Canto XXII; Canto XXIII; Canto XXIV; Canto XXV; Canto XXVI; Canto XXVII; Canto XXVIII; Canto XXIX; Canto XXX; Canto XXXI; Canto XXXII; Canto XXXIII
Paradise: Canto I; Canto II; Canto III; Canto IV; Canto V; Canto VI; Canto VII; Canto VIII; Canto IX; Canto X; Canto XI; Canto XII; Canto XIII; Canto XIV; Canto XV; Canto XVI; Canto XVII; Canto XVIII; Canto XIX; Canto XX; Canto XXI; Canto XXII; Canto XXIII; Canto XXIV; Canto XXV; Canto XXVI; Canto XXVII; Canto XXVIII; Canto XXIX; Canto XXX; Canto XXXI; Canto XXXII; Canto XXXIII
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