Thread: I'd like to start reading the classics. How should I begin?
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Old 09-13-2013, 02:18 PM   #58
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Hi Crich70. This is an excellent resource, thank you for sending me the link - it's unlikely I ever would have stumbled across this by myself! I see that The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (one of the two classic works that I own in paper format) is listed among these, so I think that I'll start with that one...
You can find an excellent, very readable, and free translation of The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri on the translator's website. Antony S. Kline has generously made his translation—with hyper-linked in-depth name index, and comprehensive notes—free of charge, and it can be downloaded by visiting this page and selecting your preferred format.

"Texts may be FREELY replicated for NON-COMMERCIAL purposes. Copyright is however reserved by the author and translator in all these works."

I should also mention that a there may still be a printed copy or two for sale if you search.

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From the Printed Books section of his website:

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Dante: The Divine Comedy, translated text only without index or illustrations.

The title was available from Borders Stores in the Borders Classics series, but may now be out of print. If so, try entering the ISBN on the Amazon site, where second-hand copies do become available from time to time.

ISBN: 1-58726-157-X


You may also want to browse Mr. Stine's free Poetry Archive while you're there.

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