The Divine Comedy电子书

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri

Part 1 Inferno

Chapter 1 The Dark Forest. The Hill of Difficulty. The Panther, the Lion, and the Wolf. Virgil.

Chapter 2 The Descent. Dante's Protest and Virgil's Appeal. The Intercession of the Three Ladies Benedight.

Chapter 3 The Gate of Hell. The Inefficient or Indifferent. Pope Celestine V. The Shores of Acheron. Charon. The Earthquake and the Swoon.

Chapter 4 The First Circle, Limbo: Virtuous Pagans and the Unbaptized. The Four Poets, Homer, Horace, Ovid, and Lucan. The Noble Castle of Philosophy.

Chapter 5 The Second Circle: The Wanton. Minos. The Infernal Hurricane. Francesca da Rimini.

Chapter 6 The Third Circle: The Gluttonous. Cerberus. The Eternal Rain. Ciacco. Florence.

Chapter 7 The Fourth Circle: The Avaricious and the Prodigal. Plutus. Fortune and her Wheel. The Fifth Circle: The Irascible and the Sullen. Styx.

Chapter 8 Phlegyas. Philippo Argenti. The Gate of the City of Dis.

Chapter 9 The Furies and Medusa. The Angel. The City of Dis. The Sixth Circle: Heresiarchs.

Chapter 10 Farinata and Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti. Discourse on the Knowledge of the Damned.

Chapter 11 The Broken Rocks. Pope Anastasius. General Description of the Inferno and its Divisions.

Chapter 12 The Minotaur. The Seventh Circle: The Violent. The River Phlegethon. The Violent against their Neighbours. The Centaurs. Tyrants.

Chapter 13 The Wood of Thorns. The Harpies. The Violent against themselves. Suicides. Pier della Vigna. Lano and Jacopo da Sant' Andrea.

Chapter 14 The Sand Waste and the Rain of Fire. The Violent against God. Capaneus. The Statue of Time, and the Four Infernal Rivers.

Chapter 15 The Violent against Nature. Brunetto Latini.

Chapter 16 Guidoguerra, Aldobrandi, and Rusticucci. Cataract of the River of Blood.

Chapter 17 Geryon. The Violent against Art. Usurers. Descent into the Abyss of Malebolge.

Chapter 18 The Eighth Circle, Malebolge: The Fraudulent and the Malicious. The First Bolgia: Seducers and Panders. Venedico Caccianimico. Jason. The Second Bolgia: Flatterers. Allessio Interminelli. Thais.

Chapter 19 The Third Bolgia: Simoniacs. Pope Nicholas III. Dante's Reproof of corrupt Prelates.

Chapter 20 The Fourth Bolgia: Soothsayers. Amphiaraus, Tiresias, Aruns, Manto, Eryphylus, Michael Scott, Guido Bonatti, and Asdente. Virgil reproaches Dante's Pity. Mantua's Foundation.

Chapter 21 The Fifth Bolgia: Peculators. The Elder of Santa Zita. Malacoda and other Devils.

Chapter 22 Ciampolo, Friar Gomita, and Michael Zanche. The Malabranche quarrel.

Chapter 23 Escape from the Malabranche. The Sixth Bolgia: Hypocrites. Catalano and Loderingo. Caiaphas.

Chapter 24 The Seventh Bolgia: Thieves. Vanni Fucci. Serpents.

Chapter 25 Vanni Fucci's Punishment. Agnello Brunelleschi, Buoso degli Abati, Puccio Sciancato, Cianfa de' Donati, and Guercio Cavalcanti.

Chapter 26 The Eighth Bolgia: Evil Counsellors. Ulysses and Diomed. Ulysses' Last Voyage.

Chapter 27 Guido da Montefeltro. His deception by Pope Boniface VIII.

Chapter 28 The Ninth Bolgia: Schismatics. Mahomet and Ali. Pier da Medicina, Curio, Mosca, and Bertrand de Born.

Chapter 29 Geri del Bello. The Tenth Bolgia: Alchemists. Griffolino d' Arezzo and Capocchino.

Chapter 30 Other Falsifiers or Forgers. Gianni Schicchi, Myrrha, Adam of Brescia, Potiphar's Wife, and Sinon of Troy.

Chapter 31 The Giants, Nimrod, Ephialtes, and Antaeus. Descent to Cocytus.

Chapter 32 The Ninth Circle: Traitors. The Frozen Lake of Cocytus. First Division, Caina: Traitors to their Kindred. Camicion de' Pazzi. Second Division, Antenora: Traitors to their Country. Dante questions Bocca degli Abati. Buoso da Duera.

Chapter 33 Count Ugolino and the Archbishop Ruggieri. The Death of Count Ugolino's Sons. Third Division of the Ninth Circle, Ptolomaea: Traitors to their Friends. Friar Alberigo, Branco d' Oria.

Chapter 34 Fourth Division of the Ninth Circle, the Judecca: Traitors to their Lords and Benefactors. Lucifer, Judas Iscariot, Brutus, and Cassius. The Chasm of Lethe. The Ascent.

Part 2 Purgatorio

Chapter 1 The Shores of Purgatory. The Four Stars. Cato of Utica. The Rush.

Chapter 2 The Celestial Pilot. Casella. The Departure.

Chapter 3 Discourse on the Limits of Reason. The Foot of the Mountain. Those who died in Contumacy of Holy Church. Manfredi.

Chapter 4 Farther Ascent. Nature of the Mountain. The Negligent, who postponed Repentance till the last Hour. Belacqua.

Chapter 5 Those who died by Violence, but repentant. Buonconte di Monfeltro. La Pia.

Chapter 6 Dante's Inquiry on Prayers for the Dead. Sordello. Italy.

Chapter 7 The Valley of Flowers. Negligent Princes.

Chapter 8 The Guardian Angels and the Serpent. Nino di Gallura. The Three Stars. Currado Malaspina.

Chapter 9 Dante's Dream of the Eagle. The Gate of Purgatory and the Angel. Seven P's. The Keys.

Chapter 10 The Needle's Eye. The First Circle: The Proud. The Sculptures on the Wall.

Chapter 11 The Humble Prayer. Omberto di Santafiore. Oderisi d' Agobbio. Provenzan Salvani.

Chapter 12 The Sculptures on the Pavement. Ascent to the Second Circle.

Chapter 13 The Second Circle: The Envious. Sapia of Siena.

Chapter 14 Guido del Duca and Renier da Calboli. Cities of the Arno Valley. Denunciation of Stubbornness.

Chapter 15 The Third Circle: The Irascible. Dante's Visions. The Smoke.

Chapter 16 Marco Lombardo. Lament over the State of the World.

Chapter 17 Dante's Dream of Anger. The Fourth Circle: The Slothful. Virgil's Discourse of Love.

Chapter 18 Virgil further discourses of Love and Free Will. The Abbot of San Zeno.

Chapter 19 Dante's Dream of the Siren. The Fifth Circle: The Avaricious and Prodigal. Pope Adrian V.

Chapter 20 Hugh Capet. Corruption of the French Crown. Prophecy of the Abduction of Pope Boniface VIII and the Sacrilege of Philip the Fair. The Earthquake.

Chapter 21 The Poet Statius. Praise of Virgil.

Chapter 22 Statius' Denunciation of Avarice. The Sixth Circle: The Gluttonous. The Mystic Tree.

Chapter 23 Forese. Reproof of immodest Florentine Women.

Chapter 24 Buonagiunta da Lucca. Pope Martin IV, and others. Inquiry into the State of Poetry.

Chapter 25 Discourse of Statius on Generation. The Seventh Circle: The Wanton.

Chapter 26 Sodomites. Guido Guinicelli and Arnaldo Daniello.

Chapter 27 The Wall of Fire and the Angel of God. Dante's Sleep upon the Stairway, and his Dream of Leah and Rachel. Arrival at the Terrestrial Paradise.

Chapter 28 The River Lethe. Matilda. The Nature of the Terrestrial Paradise.

Chapter 29 The Triumph of the Church.

Chapter 30 Virgil's Departure. Beatrice. Dante's Shame.

Chapter 31 Reproaches of Beatrice and Confession of Dante. The Passage of Lethe. The Seven Virtues. The Griffon.

Chapter 32 The Tree of Knowledge. Allegory of the Chariot.

Chapter 33 Lament over the State of the Church. Final Reproaches of Beatrice. The River Eunoe.

Part 3 Paradiso

Chapter 1 The Ascent to the First Heaven. The Sphere of Fire.

Chapter 2 The First Heaven, the Moon: Spirits who, having taken Sacred Vows, were forced to violate them. The Lunar Spots.

Chapter 3 Piccarda Donati and the Empress Constance.

Chapter 4 Questionings of the Soul and of Broken Vows.

Chapter 5 Discourse of Beatrice on Vows and Compensations. Ascent to the Second Heaven, Mercury: Spirits who for the Love of Fame achieved great Deeds.

Chapter 6 Justinian. The Roman Eagle. The Empire. Romeo.

Chapter 7 Beatrice's Discourse of the Crucifixion, the Incarnation, the Immortality of the Soul, and the Resurrection of the Body.

Chapter 8 Ascent to the Third Heaven, Venus: Lovers. Charles Martel. Discourse on diverse Natures.

Chapter 9 Cunizza da Romano, Folco of Marseilles, and Rahab. Neglect of the Holy Land.

Chapter 10 The Fourth Heaven, the Sun: Theologians and Fathers of the Church. The First Circle. St. Thomas of Aquinas.

Chapter 11 St. Thomas recounts the Life of St. Francis. Lament over the State of the Dominican Order.

Chapter 12 St. Buonaventura recounts the Life of St. Dominic. Lament over the State of the Franciscan Order. The Second Circle.

Chapter 13 Of the Wisdom of Solomon. St. Thomas reproaches Dante's Judgement.

Chapter 14 The Third Circle. Discourse on the Resurrection of the Flesh. The Fifth Heaven, Mars: Martyrs and Crusaders who died fighting for the true Faith. The Celestial Cross.

Chapter 15 Cacciaguida. Florence in the Olden Time.

Chapter 16 Dante's Noble Ancestry. Cacciaguida's Discourse of the Great Florentines.

Chapter 17 Cacciaguida's Prophecy of Dante's Banishment.

Chapter 18 The Sixth Heaven, Jupiter: Righteous Kings and Rulers. The Celestial Eagle. Dante's Invectives against ecclesiastical Avarice.

Chapter 19 The Eagle discourses of Salvation, Faith, and Virtue. Condemnation of the vile Kings of A.D. 1300.

Chapter 20 The Eagle praises the Righteous Kings of old. Benevolence of the Divine Will.

Chapter 21 The Seventh Heaven, Saturn: The Contemplative. The Celestial Stairway. St. Peter Damiano. His Invectives against the Luxury of the Prelates.

Chapter 22 St. Benedict. His Lamentation over the Corruption of Monks. The Eighth Heaven, the Fixed Stars.

Chapter 23 The Triumph of Christ. The Virgin Mary. The Apostles. Gabriel.

Chapter 24 The Radiant Wheel. St. Peter examines Dante on Faith.

Chapter 25 The Laurel Crown. St. James examines Dante on Hope. Dante's Blindness.

Chapter 26 St. John examines Dante on Charity. Dante's Sight. Adam.

Chapter 27 St. Peter's reproof of bad Popes. The Ascent to the Ninth Heaven, the 'Primum Mobile.'

Chapter 28 God and the Angelic Hierarchies.

Chapter 29 Beatrice's Discourse of the Creation of the Angels, and of the Fall of Lucifer. Her Reproof of Foolish and Avaricious Preachers.

Chapter 30 The Tenth Heaven, or Empyrean. The River of Light. The Two Courts of Heaven. The White Rose of Paradise. The great Throne.

Chapter 31 The Glory of Paradise. Departure of Beatrice. St. Bernard.

Chapter 32 St. Bernard points out the Saints in the White Rose.

Chapter 33 Prayer to the Virgin. The Threefold Circle of the Trinity. Mystery of the Divine and Human Nature.