Аннотация
Sylvain Reynard
Gabriel's Inferno
In memoriam Maiae.
Resurgam.
Dante and Virgil crossing the river Styx.
Engraving from 1870 by Gustave Dore
Prologue
Florence, 1283
The poet stood next to the bridge and watched as the young woman approached. The world ground to a near standstill as he remarked her wide, dark eyes and elegantly curled brown hair.
At first he didn’t recognize her. She was breathtakingly beautiful, her movements sure and graceful. Yet there was something about her face and figure that reminded him of the girl he’d fallen in love with long ago. They’d gone their separate ways, and he had always mourned her, his angel, his muse, his beloved Beatrice. Without her, his life had been lonely and small.
Now his blessedness appeared.
As she approached him with her companions, he bowed his head and body in a chivalrous salute. He had no expectation that his presence would b...
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