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The Purgatorio (John Ciardi Translation) Dante Alighieri
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Jan 9, 2014 - When I was a freshman in college and home for Easter break, my younger brother — then in a minor seminary — gave me a copy of the old John Ciardi translation of Dante's Divine Comedy. Could I have turned my thoughts away from her. Jun 18, 2005 - For those not familiar, Inferno is the story of the main character's (also named Dante) trip through hell on his way to purgatory and heaven. Jan 9, 2013 - The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso. Avoid Dorothy I liked both Ciardi and Sayers. Lots of good Italian history, and some fun Catholic doctrinal explanations. He In addition to the meat of Inferno's plot, I fell in love with John Ciardi's translation. Feb 17, 2007 - Also reliable (and somewhat more affordable) is the John Ciardi translation. New York, NY: New American Library, 2003. In the Purgatorio, Dante dreams of a beautiful woman: She 'gan to sing so, that with difficulty. Nov 7, 2013 - by Dante Alighieri, translated by John Ciardi This is the second volume of Dante's Divine Comedy. Nov 2, 2006 - If you want to read a classic, I'd recommend John Ciardi's translation of The Divine Comedy, especially The Inferno and The Purgatorio. After a few hours upstairs reading, I went down to talk to him: "Well, what do you think?" But a problem remains. (Technically, I don't know if the Comedy is really a three-volume work or if that's just how Penguin Books published it. The second thing I'd say is don't just stop with the Inferno but plough straight in to the Purgatorio.