The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Dante Inferno Codex

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Running time: 12 hours, 25 minutes

Note to parent: This book appears on many high school reading lists, but it contains mature themes. Please rely on your trusted curriculum provider for guidance as to which Canto’s to assign to your student.

Dante Inferno, Canto I, illustration by William Blake

01 Inferno: Canto I – Canto V  00:43:10

Dante Inferno Canto 3 by Stradano

02 Inferno: Canto VI- Canto X  00:36:40

03 Inferno: Canto XI – Canto XV 00:47:04

Dante Inferno Cerberus by Blake, Canto 6

04 Inferno: Canto XVI- Canto XX  00:30:36

05 Inferno: Canto XXI – Canto XXV  00:35:24

Chart of Dante's Hell by Botticelli

06 Inferno: Canto XXVI – Canto XXX 00:36:44

07 Inferno: Canto XXXI – Canto XXXIV 00:36:18

Dante Purgatorio, Canto 12, detail


08 Purgatory: Canto I – Canto V  00:42:33

09 Purgatory: Canto VI – Canto XI 00:37:19

10 Purgatory: Canto XII – Canto XVI 00:33:15

Dante Purgatorio Canto 5 by Dore


11 Purgatory: Canto XVII – Canto XXI  00:35:31

12 Purgatory: Canto XXII -Canto XXVII  00:47:07

13 Purgatory: Canto XXVIII -Canto XXXIII  00:43:32

Beatrice by John William Waterhouse

14 Paradise: Canto I- Canto V  00:41:08

15 Paradise: Canto VI – Canto XI  00:38:33

Dante in exile, author unknown

16 Paradise: Canto XII – Canto XVI  00:32:15


17 Paradise: Canto XVII – Canto XXI 00:39:50

Dante Paradiso, Beata Beatrix by Rosetti

18 Paradise: Canto XXII – Canto XXVII00:42:17
19 Paradise: Canto XXVIII- Canto XXXIII 00:44:09

Allegorical portrait of Dante by Agnolo Bronzino, c 1530.  The book he holds is a copy of the Divine Comedy, open to Canto 25 of Paradiso.

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