# The Divine Comedy

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- Book: [The Divine Comedy](https://www.bookquiver.com/dante-alighieri/the-divine-comedy) ([The Divine Comedy.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/dante-alighieri/the-divine-comedy.md))
- Authors: [Dante Alighieri](https://www.bookquiver.com/dante-alighieri)
- Publisher: bbc_digital_audio
- Medium: audio
- Length: 2 h 51 min
- Narrated by: John Hurt, Hattie Morahan
- ISBN: 978-19-1028-143-7
- Published: 2014-09-18
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook · 2 h 51 min

## Description

Blake Ritson, David Warner, Hattie Morahan and John Hurt star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Dante's epic poem. Inferno : Thirty-five year old Dante finds himself in the middle of a dark wood, in extreme personal and spiritual crisis. Hope of rescue appears in the form of the venerable poet Virgil, now a shade himself, who offers to lead Dante on an odyssey through the afterlife, beginning in the terrifying depths of Hell. Purgatorio : Dante is led up Mount Purgatory by his guide. They encounter numerous souls who have embarked on the same difficult journey - one that will eventually lead to their spiritual salvation. Paradiso : Dante's journey comes to a glorious conclusion as he is led by Beatrice, through the spheres of Paradise and into the presence of God himself. As they ascend, they encounter a number of souls who have also achieved blessedness. Many years later, the older Dante reflects on the episodes from his life that have inspired his great poem. ©2014 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2014 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd