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May 27, 2003 the divine comedy ebook written by dante alighieri. Project gutenbergs the divine comedy, complete, by dante alighieri this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Divine comedy dante alighieri, first edition abebooks. Divine comedy, longfellows translation, complete by dante alighieri free ebook project gutenberg. Oddly, though, does not mention which translation of dante this is. As an autobiographer, he looked unsparingly at his own failures to depict universal struggles.
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