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From: University Wire
Date: 20041229
Author:Ted Reinert

Ted Reinert
University Wire
12-29-2004
(Bowdoin Orient) (U-WIRE) BRUNSWICK, Maine -- Bowdoin's long relationship with the famed 14th century Florentine poet Dante Alighieri continued on Friday, Nov. 19, when Matthew Pearl, best-selling author of "The Dante Club," visited campus for a Common Hour talk and lunch with the students of professor Arielle Saiber's class, "Dante's Divine Comedy."

Pearl's novel deals with a series of murders based on the Inferno in 19th century Boston. "The Dante Club," led by Bowdoin alum and professor Longfellow, who founded the Dante Society of America, and ...

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