Absolutely. I read The Divine Comedy at least twice per year since i was in the 5th grade. Dante is a brilliant man, and his writing is a testament to the very peak of the human capacity for writing. Well worth the time to read.

I've wondered the same thing. I may check out some of the versions at the college bookstore tomorrow.

the comment about reading it with footnotes is spot on

there are so many things he references and alludes too, you're going to miss a lot if you don't have that extra information available

i enjoyed it, though.

at school is so boring to studie that

Footnotes is the key. Milton's genius is hard to get particularly because he's Milton, and moreso because of the period this book was written in. Good luck!

excellent so far. I just started reading it a while back. can get kind of nightmarish at some points but truly great

My sentiments exactly.

It's mostly pretty boring and hard to read but I still kinda liked it.

holy shit, I'm honestly suprised that a 5th grader could understand it let alone appreciate it enough to enjoy it. I'm guessing you moved on to faulkner and joyce by the time you reached middle school?

Hell was a metaphor through out the entire book, Really hope everyone picked up on that. Just sayin'