Editions & Translations · Fiction & Poetry
The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri. Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise: the greatest Catholic poem.
- Best overall (Catholic notes): Anthony Esolen, Inferno (Modern Library)
- Esolen, vol. 2: Anthony Esolen, Purgatory (Modern Library)
- Esolen, vol. 3: Anthony Esolen, Paradise (Modern Library)
- Scholarly: Robert & Jean Hollander, Inferno (Anchor)
- Classic: Dorothy L. Sayers, Hell (Penguin Classics)
- Accessible: Mark Musa (Penguin Classics)
Also good: Longfellow’s 1867 translation is free and still worth reading aloud.