Gustave Doré's illustration to Dante's Inferno. Plate XVI: Canto V: "That day no further we read within" (Longfellow translation) - Francesca di Rimini had an affair with her brother-in-law and both were murde 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