{"product_id":"book-4393","title":"The Divine Comedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlackstone Audio presents a new recording of this classic masterpiece, originally published in 1320, read by award-winning narrator Ralph Cosham.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo words can describe the greatness of this work, a greatness both of theme and of artistry. Dante’s theme is universal; it involves the greatest concepts that man has ever attained. Only a genius could have found the loftiness of tone and the splendor and variety of images that are presented in \u003cem\u003eThe Divine Comedy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story is an allegory representing the soul’s journey from spiritual depths to spiritual heights. As mankind exposes itself, by its merits or demerits, to the rewards or the punishments of justice, it experiences “Inferno” or hell, “Purgatorio” or purgatory, and “Paradiso” or heaven, a vision of a world of beauty, light, and song. Dante\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s\u003c\/span\u003e arduous journey through the circles of hell make for an incredibly moving human drama, and\u003c\/span\u003e a single listen will reveal the power of Dante\u003cspan\u003e’s\u003c\/span\u003e imagination to make the spiritual visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this edition, \u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eInferno\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e is translated by John Aitken Carlyle, \u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003ePurgatorio,\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e by Thomas Okey, and \u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eParadiso\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e by Philip H. Wicksteed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Craig Black","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50139161985328,"sku":"BD4393","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":50139162050864,"sku":"ZE4393","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":50139162083632,"sku":"ZM4393","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/4393-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775574619","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-4393","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}