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What the Trumpet Will Restore — Inferno, Canto 6

· October 10, 2026
What the Trumpet Will Restore Inferno 6

The Florentine who has just finished prophesying the ruin of his city crosses his eyes, drops his head and sinks back into the slush with the other blind souls, and Virgil — who has barely spoken for a hundred lines — chooses that moment to deliver the coldest piece of information in the third circle: … Read more

Ciacco Sits Up in the Rain — Inferno, Canto 6

· October 10, 2026
Ciacco Sits Up in the Rain Inferno 6

Under a rain that beats the shades flat, the two travellers walk across bodies that are not bodies, and out of the whole prone field one soul hoists itself upright and demands to be recognised — and this glutton, whose sin never comes up again after four lines, is the mouth Dante chooses for the … Read more