The Divine Comedy

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's translation, 1867. 103 parts, about 112,563 words, 9 hours of reading. Source edition.

Passages the guide marks

Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost.
Inferno, Canto I, lines 1 to 3 · Read it in Inferno1, Canto I
All hope abandon, ye who enter in!
Inferno, Canto III, line 9 · Read it in Inferno1, Canto III
That day no farther did we read therein.
Inferno, Canto V, line 138 · Read it in Inferno1, Canto V
The Love which moves the sun and the other stars.
Paradiso, Canto XXXIII, line 145 · Read it in Paradiso, Canto XXXIII
Virgil tells the guardian of Purgatory that the pilgrim is seeking freedom, and that anyone who gives up life for it knows how dear it is.
Purgatorio, Canto I, lines 71 to 72 · Read it in Purgatorio, Canto I

About this text

Public domain in the United States; the Standard Ebooks edition is released under CC0. Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It is not the edition the programs assign; the guide names that one, and the buy links there point at it.

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