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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 02, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Hell, Volume 01](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqneve1rynb5ayafdf8sfx2a/editions/2026-09-06-html-v1/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260911%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260911T153224Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=c646e7e746aee9a4cb7e1344b3359f82fd5b51e4201566cec9d96a47773e3baf) ## About this work Midway through mortal life, a traveler loses the true path and finds himself in a gloomy wood, hemmed in by fearsome beasts and uncertain of the way forward. From this wilderness begins Dante’s visionary descent into Hell, guided by the shade of Virgil, the great Roman poet. In Henry Francis Cary’s English translation, the opening of The Divine Comedy unfolds in stately, memorable verse: dread gives way to wonder, and peril opens onto a journey unlike any other in literature. Gustave Doré’s illustrations deepen the atmosphere, giving visual form to the shadows, landscapes, and figures of Dante’s imagination. This Publica.now Classics edition includes a new typographic cover and publisher opening and closing pages. Sample ## Take a look inside THE VISION OF HELL, PURGATORY, AND PARADISE BY DANTE ALIGHIERI TRANSLATED BY THE REV. H. F. CARY, M.A. HELL OR THE INFERNO Part 1. LIST OF CANTOS Canto 1 Canto 2 CANTO I IN the midway of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray Gone from the path direct: and e'en to tell It were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, Which to remember only, my dismay Renews, in bitterness not far from death. Yet to discourse of what there good befell, All else will I relate discover'd there. How first I enter'd it I scarce can say, Such sleepy dullness in that instant weigh'd My senses down, when the true path I left, But when a mountain's foot I reach'd, where clos'd The valley, that had pierc'd my heart with dread, I look'd aloft, and saw his shoulders broad Already vested with that planet's beam, Who leads all wanderers safe through every way. Then was a little respite to the fear, That in my heart's recesses deep had lain, All of that night, so pitifully pass'd: And as a man, with difficult short breath, Forespent with toiling, 'scap'd from sea to shore, Turns to the perilous wide waste, and stands At gaze; e'en so my spirit, that yet fail'd Struggling with terror, turn'd to view the straits, That none hath pass'd and liv'd. My weary frame After short pause recomforted, again I journey'd on over that lonely steep, The hinder foot still firmer. Scarce the ascent Began, when, lo! a panther, nimble, light, And cover'd with a speckled skin, appear'd, Nor, when it saw me, vanish'd, rather strove To check my onward going; that ofttimes With purpose to retrace my steps I turn'd. The hour was… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fthe-divine-comedy-by-dante-illustrated-hell-volume-01) The sample continues in the full work. [ #Hell -- Poetry ](/search?query=Hell+--+Poetry) [ #Epic poetry, Italian -- Translations into English ](/search?query=Epic+poetry%2C+Italian+--+Translations+into+English) [ #Italian poetry -- To 1400 -- Translations into English ](/search?query=Italian+poetry+--+To+1400+--+Translations+into+English) [ #Inferno ](/search?query=Inferno) [ #Poetry ](/search?query=Poetry) [ #Epic poetry ](/search?query=Epic+poetry) [ #Italian poetry ](/search?query=Italian+poetry) [ #Dante ](/search?query=Dante) [ #Hell ](/search?query=Hell) [ #Virgil ](/search?query=Virgil) ## Reviews No reviews yet. 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