of Dante Alighieri
The third cantica of the Divine Comedy, translated into English triple rhyme by Laurence Binyon
A reading in six parts
Produced by Peter Duval Smtth
PART i (Cantos i-6): Dante and Beatrice are in the Earthly Paradise, at the summit of the Mount of Purgatory; they leave the earth and are carried as by miracle to the Sphere of Fire; they rise to the Heaven of the Moon, where are the souls of those who on earth performed their vows imperfectly; Beatrice explains to Dante the order of Paradise; Beatrice and Dante ascend into the Heaven of Mercury, where the souls of the devout but ambitious are; among them, the spirit of Justinian addresses Dante.
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