page_title: Francesca da Rimini
hierarchical_section_title: Francesca da Rimini
caption_attribution_description: 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, too. What is this, a romance novel? Let's check the text: "I swooned away as if I had been dying, / And fell, even as a dead body falls." (Longfellow translation) - Guess so, then.
context_page_description: Francesca da Rimini or Francesca da Polenta was the daughter of Guido da Polenta, lord of Ravenna. She was a historical contemporary of Dante Alighieri, who portrayed her as a character in the Divine Comedy.
context_section_description: Francesca da Rimini or Francesca da Polenta ([franˈtʃɛska da poˈlenta]; 1255 – c. 1285) was the daughter of Guido da Polenta, lord of Ravenna. She was a historical contemporary of Dante Alighieri, who portrayed her as a character in the Divine Comedy.
caption: Gustave Doré, from his illustrations to the Divine Comedy (1857): Dante faints at the pitifulness of Francesca da Rimini's plight, while the hurricane of souls that she and her lover are trapped in surround the scene
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