Full text · 34 chaptersNarrated in your voice
What it's about
Midway through his life, lost in a dark wood, Dante is led by Virgil down through the nine circles of Hell, past the famous damned of history to Satan frozen at the centre. Longfellow's line-for-line translation of the first part of the Divine Comedy, in all thirty-four cantos.
Reading plan
Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.
Read together
Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.
Who it's for
- Anyone who has meant to read Dante and never started - Readers who want the poem behind a thousand references - Good read aloud, one canto a night
What’s inside
Showing the first 24 of 34 chapters — open the book for the rest.
