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Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise-the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation. One of the greatest works in literature, Dantes story-poem is an allegory that represents mankind as it exposes itself, by its merits or demerits, to the rewards or the punishments of justice.

The CliffsNotes study guide on Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, and critical commentaries, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work.

Hell and how to avoid it are perennial topics of interest for believing Christians and others. With good reason. Entire libraries have been written on the subject. Most people, even those familiar with his classic, do not realize that Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, chock-full as it is of history and politics, is a masterpiece of spiritual writing. The most famous of his three volumes is the Inferno, an account of Dante's journey through the underworld, where he sees the horror of sin firsthand.

Un joven que huye de su pasado es testigo involuntario de crímenes que una hermandad secreta lleva siglos cometiendo; atrapado en un torbellino de muerte en las oscuras calles del bajo mundo de Madrid, pronto descubrirá que el origen de su misterioso pasado se relaciona con una conspiración que la Iglesia ha ocultado desde sus inicios. Inferno es la puerta al mundo de la literatura fantástica latinoamericana; es una mezcla adictiva de horror gótico, traiciones, personajes oscuros y giros inesperados que atrapa al lector en un thriller en el que nadie está a salvo.

Caro Leitor, Se você está em busca de uma história sobre jovens animados que se divertem a valer num internato, bateu na porta errada. Violet, Klaus e Sunny Baudelaire são inteligentes e engenhosos, e você talvez imagine que eles se sairiam muito bem no colégio. Mas não foi o caso. Para os Baudelaire, o colégio veio a ser mais um desastroso episódio em suas vidas infelizes. Para dizer a verdade, nos capítulos que constituem esta história pavorosa, eles enfrentam caranguejos que mordem, exames hiper-rigorosos, castigos duríssimos, fungos gotejantes, recitais de violinos, exercícios...