Inferno, by Dante Alighieri



Dante’s ‘Inferno’ is a thrilling classic about facing your fears in order to succeed. Dante finds himself in a forest having lost his way on the evening of Good Friday in 1300. He meets up with the ghost of Virgil (a famous poet) who promises to take him to heaven (in ‘Paradiso’) but he has to take him through hell (in this book) and then through Purgatory (in ‘Purgatorio’). Dante’s dead wife Beatrice sent Virgil to save her husband, and with this knowledge, Dante and Virgil embark into the Mouth of Hell. Throughout their journey we meet many famous people such as Homer, Horace, Ovid and several others. They pass through the City of Hell, passing through many circles. Although Dante is destined to heaven, we see how even the good can be corrupt when Dante watches in delight as Filippo Argentini, a former political rival of his, is torn to shreds by other souls. An angel also descends from heaven to help Virgil and Dante out in crossing the walls of the city of Dis. After crossing the Nine Rings of Hell, Virgil and Dante finally spot the three-headed beast Lucifer, with each of its heads gnawing on Judas, Christ’s betrayer, and Cassius and Brutus, the betrayers of Julius Caesar. Climbing down Lucifer and crossing Lethe, the river of forgetfulness, the duo finally emerge from hell on Easter, just before sunrise. 8/10, a great book. I’m hyped about the next books in the trilogy.

“There is no greater sorrow
than to recall a happy time
when miserable.” --- Dante Alighieri

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