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THEY'RE 5 YEARS FROM HEAVEN DANTE DEVOTEES MEET TO DEVOUR 'DIVINE COMEDY'

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20051204
Author:Erica Noonan, Globe Staff

NEWTON They're finally out of Hell, but expect to spend another five years in Purgatory.

A small price to pay to make it to the concluding canto of Paradise, most likely in the year 2016, say members of Lectura Dantis at Boston College.

Several dozen enthusiasts of the 14th-century Italian poet Dante Alighieri's masterwork, "The Divine Comedy," have been meeting monthly since February 2000 to read and discuss the epic narrative poem about a journey through the nine circles of Hell (Inferno), the seven deadly sins of Purgatory (Purgatorio), and nine spheres of Heaven (Paradiso) to reach God.

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