# Epigraph explained — Jean-Christophe

> Chapter companion for Jean-Christophe by Romain Rolland.

## What happens

The epigraph quotes Dante's Purgatorio, Canto IX, evoking a moment of dawn when the soul sleeps, setting a reflective and spiritual tone for the book.

## Key lines

> Dianzi, nell’alba che precede al giorno, Quando l’anima tua dentro dormìa.  … Purgatorio , ix

Just before dawn, when your soul was sleeping within you.

_This epigraph from Dante's Purgatorio introduces themes of spiritual awakening and transition._

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