The Inferno: From the Divine Comedy

Unabridged
Author: Dante Alighieri
Narrator: Heathcote Williams
Genres: Classics
Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Ltd.
Date: February 2005
Length: 1 hour
Ratings:
Formats:
  • WMA
Abridged
Author: Dante
Narrator: Heathcote Williams
Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Literature
Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Ltd.
Date: September 1996
Length: 3 hours, 57 minutes
Ratings:
  • Book Rating: 3/5
Formats:
  • WMA

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Overview

This is the first part of the "The Divine Comedy". The poet Virgil is sent by Beatrice to rescue Dante, a soul lost in the gloomy wood of spiritual torment. Dante's journey is the journey of "this our life". The reading is supplemented by Renaissance dance music and Gregorian chant

Selected Reviews

The Inferno

by Brendan
  • Book Rating: 5/5

Painful listen

by Laura
  • Book Rating: 2/5

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Reviews (6)

The Inferno

Written by Brendan from Montreal, QC on February 20th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 5/5

I very much enjoyed listening to Dante's Inferno. The reader is excellent; however, as noted by another reviewer, the variability in the recorded volume makes it difficult to listen to in the car. It would be best to have a copy of the book with explanatory notes handy; otherwise, many of the allusions will be lost on the reader.

Painful listen

Written by Laura from Lansing, MI on October 30th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 2/5

This is a tough one to digest when read orally. Too many meaningless names, too many awful voices. The only reason I made it through: a captive in a car without a radio.

Inferno: From the Divine Comedy

Written by WLH from Miami, FL on June 10th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Absolutely brilliant! Heathcoat Williams is an excellent narrarator, and I will be looking for other books read by him to rent on audio. This book is classic literature, and should be acknowledged as such. If classical literature is not your interested, steer clear. However, if historical politics, the turmoils of the Church of Rome and its everlasting implications intrigues you, you must rent this CD.

Inferno

Written by Shannon Lowry on March 15th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 1/5

I think this book is interesting and I would like to buy a hard copy to read. The recording is terrible and I stopped a half an hour into listening because it was intolerable. The reader's voice was fine but as he read, his narration voice was a whisper and any conversation between characters was read while shouting. If you had the volume turned up to hear his whispering then you were suddenly blasted away at a painful volume by his shouting. If you had it low enough to not hurt your ears, then you couldn't understand the whispering. Please don't avoid reading the book just because the CD quality is poor.

Infernal Terrors

Written by Anonymous from Hartford, CT on February 1st, 2005

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Dante's imagery is where we get much of our modern conception of the fiery furnace below. The narration is well done and the descriptions are interesting.

Inferno: From the Divine Comedy by Dante

Written by Jennifer from San Bernardino, CA on December 29th, 2004

  • Book Rating: 2/5

This book was not what I expected. It had been described to me as an interpretation of purgatory, but I expected more of a plot. It was just that...a non-climactic explanation of the author's interpretation of purgatory. Boring listen. Try Divinci Code instead, it's compelling.

Selected Reviews

The Inferno

by Brendan
  • Book Rating: 5/5

Painful listen

by Laura
  • Book Rating: 2/5

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