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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 02, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Purgatory, Volume 5](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqnevy084tf3vhw4v562czgx/editions/2026-09-06-html-v1/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20261019%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261019T152322Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=ca31c2ffcff622f36cb37758f8a94b0d86d36f519340c25c817f585f928a7371) ## About this work On the burning rim of Purgatory, Dante walks among souls whose longing for peace is matched by the fire that surrounds them. Spirits question the living pilgrim, marvel at the shadow cast by his mortal body, and speak openly of the sins they seek to overcome. Their voices rise in cries of “Sodom and Gomorrah” and in memories drawn from myth, while Dante presses onward under the guidance of a grace granted from above. This volume gathers Cantos 26 through 33 of Purgatory, carrying the journey through its final stages and toward a higher realm. Henry Francis Cary’s English translation preserves the elevated music and moral intensity of Dante’s poem, while Gustave Doré’s illustrations lend the vision a striking visual dimension. 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 PURGATORY Part 5 TRANSLATED BY THE REV. H. F. CARY, M.A. PURGATORY LIST OF CANTOS Canto 26 Canto 27 Canto 28 Canto 29 Canto 30 Canto 31 Canto 32 Canto 33 CANTO XXVI While singly thus along the rim we walk'd, Oft the good master warn'd me: "Look thou well. Avail it that I caution thee." The sun Now all the western clime irradiate chang'd From azure tinct to white; and, as I pass'd, My passing shadow made the umber'd flame Burn ruddier. At so strange a sight I mark'd That many a spirit marvel'd on his way. This bred occasion first to speak of me, "He seems," said they, "no insubstantial frame:" Then to obtain what certainty they might, Stretch'd towards me, careful not to overpass The burning pale. "O thou, who followest The others, haply not more slow than they, But mov'd by rev'rence, answer me, who burn In thirst and fire: nor I alone, but these All for thine answer do more thirst, than doth Indian or Aethiop for the cooling stream. Tell us, how is it that thou mak'st thyself A wall against the sun, as thou not yet Into th' inextricable toils of death Hadst enter'd?" Thus spake one, and I had straight Declar'd me, if attention had not turn'd To new appearance. Meeting these, there came, Midway the burning path, a crowd, on whom Earnestly gazing, from each part I view The shadows all press forward, sev'rally Each snatch a hasty kiss, and then away. E'en so the emmets, 'mid their dusky troops, Peer closely one at other, to spy out Their mutual road perchance, and how they thrive. That friendly greeting parted, ere dispatch Of the first onward step, from either tribe Loud… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fthe-divine-comedy-by-dante-illustrated-purgatory-volume-5) The sample continues in the full work. 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