Reading Time
2 hrs 4 mins
How long to read The Divine Comedy: Inferno?
The estimated word count of The Divine Comedy: Inferno is 30,845 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 2 hrs 4 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 26 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 1 hrs 9 mins.
| The Divine Comedy: Inferno - 30,845 words | ||
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| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 3 hrs 26 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 2 hrs 4 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 1 hrs 9 mins |
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Dante Alighieri
More about The Divine Comedy: Inferno
30,845 words
Word Count
for The Divine Comedy: Inferno
3 hours and 19 minutes
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Description
Dante Alighieri’s poetic masterpiece is a visionary journey that takes readers through the torment of Hell. This first part of Dante’s Divine Comedy is a lot of things: a moving human drama, a magnificent protest against the ways in which men have thwarted the divine plan. An incredible path through the most universal values—good and evil, free will and predestination. It represents allegorically the beginning of the soul's journey towards God. At this deeper level, Dante draws on medieval Christian theology and philosophy. The Inferno tells the journey of Dante through Hell, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine concentric circles of torment located within the Earth; it is the "realm ... of those who have rejected spiritual values by yielding to bestial appetites or violence, or by perverting their human intellect to fraud or malice against their fellowmen".