of Dante Alighieri
The first cantica of the Divine Comedy, translated into English triple rhyme by Laurence Binyon
A reading in six parts
Part 4 (Cantos 18-22)— The Eighth Circle of the fraudulent: The plan of the ten Evil Chasms and the crossing bridges; the first chasm of the pandars and seducers; the second chasm of the flatterers; the third chasm of the simoniacs; the prophecy of Nicholas III : the fourth chasm of the sorcerers; Virgil tells of the foundation of Mantua; the fifth chasm of the barrators; the episode of the demons.
(Continued in next column)
Produced by Peter Duval Smith