Epic poem · 1849; Temple Classics 1900

The Inferno (Carlyle)

Prose translation by John Aitken Carlyle, revised by H. Oelsner (Temple Classics)

by Dante Alighieri

Translated by John Aitken Carlyle (1849), revised by H. Oelsner (Temple Classics, 1900)

Dante's journey through Hell in John Aitken Carlyle's plain, literal prose, revised for the Temple Classics by Hermann Oelsner, whose added words are kept in square brackets.

Contents · 34 parts

• Inferno: Canto I45 lines
• Inferno: Canto II47 lines
• Inferno: Canto III45 lines
• Inferno: Canto IV50 lines
• Inferno: Canto V47 lines
• Inferno: Canto VI38 lines
• Inferno: Canto VII43 lines
• Inferno: Canto VIII43 lines
• Inferno: Canto IX44 lines
• Inferno: Canto X45 lines
• Inferno: Canto XI38 lines
• Inferno: Canto XII46 lines
• Inferno: Canto XIII51 lines
• Inferno: Canto XIV47 lines
• Inferno: Canto XV41 lines
• Inferno: Canto XVI45 lines
• Inferno: Canto XVII45 lines
• Inferno: Canto XVIII46 lines
• Inferno: Canto XIX44 lines
• Inferno: Canto XX43 lines
• Inferno: Canto XXI46 lines
• Inferno: Canto XXII51 lines
• Inferno: Canto XXIII49 lines
• Inferno: Canto XXIV50 lines
• Inferno: Canto XXV50 lines
• Inferno: Canto XXVI47 lines
• Inferno: Canto XXVII45 lines
• Inferno: Canto XXVIII47 lines
• Inferno: Canto XXIX46 lines
• Inferno: Canto XXX49 lines
• Inferno: Canto XXXI48 lines
• Inferno: Canto XXXII46 lines
• Inferno: Canto XXXIII52 lines
• Inferno: Canto XXXIV46 lines

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