Download or read book About Dante and His "Beloved Florence" (Classic Reprint) written by Frances Fenton Sanborn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from About Dante and His "Beloved Florence" There was never a better time than the beginning of the twentieth century for the study of Dante, the Divine Poet. The eve of Good Friday oi the year 1901 ad. Completes the seven hundredth year since he started, as he tells us in his immortal poem, the Divina Commed'ia on a journey to the land of spirits, soon finding as his guide his beloved Virgil, who con ducted him through the Inferno and the Purgatorio until he met his early love, Beatrice, who led him on to the Paradiso. In Italy, and throughout Christendom, the poet's fame increases. In Florence, his birthplace, a revival of the. Public readings of his works is established. In the Opening address, the honorable syndic expressed his warm satisfaction at the relighting of this votive lamp, and in behalf of the anniversary of the freedom of Italy he proposed that the audience sends its greet ing to King Humbert, in the name of Dante, - a name typical of Italian worthiness and virtues. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.