Inferno: The Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Canticle One (Unabridged)

The spectrum of all of human life, as portrayed in the poem, will unfold with breathtaking variety, drama, thought, and beauty.

In the middle of the journey of our life

I found myself in a dark wood,

where the straight path was lost.

The process of listening to Dante’s Comedy is a journey into not just literature but into the mysteries of human nature and its capacity for unhappiness and happiness, folly and wisdom, rejection and wonder over the miracles of creation and existence.