{"product_id":"the-divine-comedy-volume-1-hell-9780140440065","title":"The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Hell","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first volume of Dante's \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGuided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous journey towards God. Together they descend through the nine circles of the underworld and encounter the tormented souls of the damned - from heretics and pagans to gluttons, criminals and seducers - who tell of their sad fates and predict events still to come in Dante's life. In this first part of his Divine Comedy, Dante fused satire and humour with intellect and soaring passion to create an immortal Christian allegory of mankind's search for self-knowledge and spiritual enlightenment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDante Alighieri\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Florence in 1265 and belonged to a noble but impoverished family. He was married when he was around twenty to Gemma Donati and had four children. He met Beatrice, who was to be his muse, in 1274, and when she died in 1290 he sought distraction in philosophy and theology, and wrote\u003ci\u003e La Vita Nuova\u003c\/i\u003e. He worked on the \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e from 1308 until near the time of his death in Ravenna in 1321. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e Dorothy L. Sayers\u003c\/b\u003e wrote novels, poetry, and translated Dante for Penguin Classics. She died in 1957. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Reynolds\u003c\/b\u003e was Lecturer in Italian at Cambridge University and subsequently Reader in Italian Studies at Nottingham, and Honorary Reader at Warwick. She has written books, both on Italian authors and on Dorothy L. Sayers.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641655693586,"sku":"9780140440065","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a6f939b5-bee1-4c56-910d-2a4b54d85668.jpg?v=1733028274","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-divine-comedy-volume-1-hell-9780140440065","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}