Dante Alighieri's book of poetry and prose about love, and his first major work. Set in thirteenth century Florence, Dante describes his love for Beatrice through poems, sonnets and prose in La Vita Nuova (The New Life). This edition is the English translation by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, first published in The Early Italian Poets in 1861 and then reissued in 1874 by Dante and his Circle. It was met with great acclaim acknowledging Rossetti's skill as a meticulous and poet