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Fantastic!! I had never heard of this train and MUST take it sometime!! And while I’ve read about the circumstances around his exile and death, I knew nothing about the- shall we say, comedy of his remains. I so appreciate this piece and will share with my grad school friends and Dante professor!

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You have a Dante professor? Then yes, you MUST take this train! Thanks so much for reading, and for sharing it!

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Yes, Dennis Patrick Slattery. He wrote "Day-to-Day Dante: Exploring Personal Myth Through the Divine Comedy" Can't say I've read that but he his class was pretty great!

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I also posted it in the Pacifica Graduate Institute's Mythological Studies group on FB - 1.2k members. :)

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Ottimo, grazie del cuore!

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Beautiful....love old train journeys. Thank you for sharing this in such depth <3

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Thank you for reading!

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incredibly beautiful train and story. had no idea this train nor his traveling bones.

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Thank you, Felice! Glad to share this story with you!

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I’ll check it out!

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