The Paradiso
Author: Dante Alighieri
Following The Inferno (6/01) and The Purgatorio (7/01), both published by Signet, this is the final canticle in Dante’s immortal representation of the ultimate goal of human striving — the journey through Hell, Purgatory, and finally Paradise…..Read More
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