title: The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Volume 1: Inferno
author: Dante Alighieri
description: <br>'This new edition of Inferno is distinctly user-friendly....Serious students-in or out of the classroom-who...examine the original poem alongside a readable and reliable prose translation will find this edition excellently suited to their needs.' <br> <br>-<em>The Christian Science Monitor</em> <br>
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  # The Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Hell
  
  
  ![embellishment](embellishment.png)
  
  
  ## Dante Alighieri
  
  
  OF (1265-1321)
  
  
  TRANSLATED BY  
  
  
  HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
  
  
  (1807-1882)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Produced by Dennis McCarthy
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Canticle I:
  
  
  ![embellishment](embellishment.png)
  
  
  ## Inferno
  
  
  Credits
  
  
  The base text for this edition has been provided by Digital Dante, a project
  sponsored by Columbia University's Institute for Learning Technologies.
  Specific thanks goes to Jennifer Hogan (Project Editor/Director), Tanya Larkin
  (Assistant to Editor), Robert W. Cole (Proofreader/Assistant Editor), and
  Jennifer Cook (Proofreader).
  
  
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