La Divina Commedia - The Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso) by Dante Alighieri in two languages (italian, english), and one dual language, parallel ... (translated) Vol. 2)

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This electronic edition includes the original italian version and the line by line translation by H.W. Longfellow.

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Language: English and Italian
Some of the editions have a synopsis at the start of each "Canto"
Separate chapters: yes
Superior Kindle Formatting: yes

You will find a single language edition in italian:
- LA DIVINA COMMEDIA

It includes also a parallel edition, with a line by line translation:
- LA DIVINA COMMEDIA italian - english

These are some samples of the easy to read single and dual language format
Dante wrote The Divine Comedy in 3 line stanzas with triple rime and this format has been maintained.

LA DIVINA COMMEDIA italian
Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
ché la diritta via era smarrita.

Ahi quanto a dir qual era è cosa dura
esta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte
che nel pensier rinova la paura!

LA DIVINA COMMEDIA italian - english

1 Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
1 Midway upon the journey of our life

2 mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
2 I found myself within a forest dark,

3 ché la diritta via era smarrita.
3 For the straightforward pathway had been lost.

Dante Alighieri , was the major Italian poet of the Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Commedia and later called Divina by Boccaccio, is considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature.