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    <body><![CDATA[WOW!  Absolutely inspiring.  This book made me take a thorough look at my own personal axiological assumptions and changed my mind in a couple of instances.  The last Canto of Paradise just about blew my mind- epistomologically speaking of course.  The entire progression from underground to mountain...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43164874">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been a few years since I read this, but three things stand strong in my mind, and influenced my rating:<br/><br/>1. Inferno is not the most commonly read portion of Dante's Divine Comedy without reason. The reason is quite simple; it's the best written of the three acts in his comedy. Here Da...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49668030">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[You can read Musa straight trough, nice notation as needed, including great intros to each canto, not over bearing, he has the poetics carry the poem...his best translation is Paradiso! Also includes Vita Nuova at the end which I'd recommend reading first as it is shorter, tighter, but still plays t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49952031">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This collection contains the Laurence Binyon translation of The Divine Comedy.  Harold Bloom recommends it as the translation closest to reading Dante in the native Italian.  Since I don't read (or speak) Italian, I could hazard an opinion, though I would say that it appears to be the most poet of t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19285571">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am still in awe after reading this book.  Dante is a genius on so many levels it's mind numbing.  He has this unbelievable ability to write like he is painting.  His imagination is so vivid and visual that his writing actually made me question whether or not he had really been on a guided tour of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12430951">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although I had read Dante's work and quite enjoyed it previously, this book really brought the entire Comedy into a new light for me.  The notes by Mark Musa seem to occupy nearly as much room as story they detail, with very wonderful results; exquisite details--about Dante's own life, then-contempo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6098519">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What I learned from this book is that I need to read it again! Actually, I &quot;only&quot; read The Divine Comedy, and just bits and pieces of the rest. But going for that whole reading experience was quite a challenge and a satisfying one at that. Making such an incredible journey was absolutely w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26366658">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this version.  This is the entire Divine Comedy and Vita Nuova with notes to help you understand the historical background and characters.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fantastic!!!! Inferno is great because its so disgusting, but Purgatorio and Paradiso are even better!!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i really like this translation. i'm wondering what other translations people enjoy...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My edition is a wonderful, well-read copy published in 1947.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The key to success in reading something of this magnitude is the translation.  I chose Penguin because I enjoyed their translations of other books, and they did not let me down here.<br/><br/>I loved Inferno -- it was very interesting to see how much of our modern imagery of Hell comes from this w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10252220">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Portable Dante (Penguin Classics) by Dante Alighieri (2003)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[First, the translation of Divine Comedy in this edition is engaging, readable, and seems, well, natural to Dante's &quot;way&quot;. Second, for some reason I found the Purgatorio the most enjoyable part of the read. I'm not sure what this means.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This intrigued me the first time I read it in college.  The Inferno is by far my favorite book in the trilogy.  It seemed to me the most imaginative book ever.  I love seeing the punishments for the life of crime.  For how old this book is, it is very easy to read.]]></body>
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