We've reached the end of the first narrative arc of PURGATORIO. Dante the poet brings the first five cantos to a close with a very quiet, almost disturbing decrescendo: a small voice, a woman's voice, reduced the barest details.

Join me as we read through PURGATORIO, Canto V, before we take it apart and start our slow-walk through it, passage by passage. My English translation is not found on my website. Instead, I just want you to sit back and take the canto in before we pull it into so many pieces.

Here are the segments of this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE:

[01:20] My English translation of PURGATORIO, Canto V. Again, it's not found on my website. Instead, please just listen for the narrative flow.

[08:38] What initial questions do we have after we've read PURGATORIO, Canto V?