Gustave Doré's illustration to Dante's Inferno. Plate XVI: Canto V: "Love has conducted us unto one death; / Caina waiteth him who quenched our life" (Longfellow translation) - Francesca di Rimini discusses he More
Gustave Doré's illustration to Dante's Inferno. Plate XVIII: Canto V: Dante is so overcome by the sad tale of Francesca di Rimini that he faints. Yes really. And he fainted as he was being brought into Limbo, More