Summary of the novel "Inferno"

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American writer Dan Brown is the author of several bestselling books. He was always interested in secret societies, philosophy and cryptography. The first novel, Digital Fortress, was published in 1998. The following detective story "Angels and Demons" brought the author worldwide fame. With The Da Vinci Code, the author continued the adventures of Dr. Langdon. The novel took first place on the bestseller list and settled there for a long time. The book soon became a 1 hit in the country. Reader-favorite scientist-hero Dan Brown gets caught up in the whirlpool of events in 2013 in the pages of the new novel Inferno.

Who are you, Dr. Langdon?

Professor of symbology Robert Langdon of Harvard University, although not handsome, his penetrating blue eyes and charming voice made more than one representative of the beautiful half of humanity sigh. The forty-five-year-old professor never married and was devoted only to science. Even on weekends, he could be seen surrounded by students.

Langdon has been wearing his famous Mickey Mouse watch since he was nine years old. He received an excellent education. Peter Solomon became his mentor. It was his lectures that influenced Robert's decision to devote his life to symbology. Langdon lived in Massachusetts, and the shelves of his Victorian house were lined with masks, figurines of deities, crosses from all over the world.

Robert is the author of many books on religious symbols, which are very popular. A world-famous scientist often appears on the cover of the magazine. He is often invited to give lectures and an indispensable specialist is asked for advice. Langdon's science trips often end in adventure.

Robert is also a big connoisseur of art. He travels frequently in Italy, and Florence is the professor's favorite city. It was there that the story happened to the doctor, which was told on the pages of the novel "Inferno" by Dan Brown. Summary of the work in this article.

Hospital room

The doctor woke up in the hospital. Memories floated up slowly, like bubbles at the bottom of a bottomless well. A strange vision in which a mysterious woman stood by a river full of blood made the professor cry out. Robert came to his senses. He looked around: the empty room smelled of alcohol and the lights were on. Her heart began to beat faster, and the heart monitor next to her beeped faster. Langdon tried to move, and an unbearable pain shot through the back of his head.

A bearded man in a white coat entered the door. Langdon asked what happened to him. The bearded man ran out into the corridor and called someone. A minute later he entered, accompanied by a woman who greeted her and said her name was Dr. Brooks. The doctor explained that yesterday he came to them without documents. After examining the patient, she said that he was now in Florence, and the memory loss was due to retrograde amnesia, which was caused by a traumatic brain injury. And it happened because the professor was shot.

In the novel "Inferno" the professor tried to remember what happened to him in the last few days. Brooks and the bearded Marconi came in and explained that Robert was very lucky, as the bullet only grazed the back of his head.

The receptionist on duty reported that Langdon had a visitor, which Brooks was very surprised, since no entry had yet been made in the registration book. A woman dressed in black leather headed straight for Robert's room. Dr. Marconi tried to block her path, the visitor drew a gun and shot him in the chest.

Hitler

Dr. Brooks quickly jumped up and closed the iron door, bullets pounding against the hull. Brooks unceremoniously pushed the professor into the bathroom and brought out his jacket. Without losing self-control, the doctor led him into the next room. Soon they were outside. Brooks hailed a taxi, the driver turned around and looked at the strange couple. A black-leather-covered figure jumped out of the alleyway. The taxi driver asked where to go. But when the rear window shattered from the shot, he immediately pressed the gas pedal.

The action of the next chapter of the novel "Inferno" takes place in a consortium whose boss contacted the wrong people, and now they are threatened with destruction. Histhe company specializes in the formation of false public opinion and falsification, and also hides its clients from justice. One of them, recently thrown from the Florentine tower, gave him clear instructions. And he intends to fulfill them. One of them was to send a video about Inferno to TV channels. The next thing to do was to take the bone cylinder from the cell in the jar. But, alas, he was kidnapped. An agent had to be sent to look for him.

Painting by Botticelli

Dr. Brooks brought Langdon to her home. He found newspaper clippings about a child prodigy in her apartment. Everything shows that this girl is Dr. Sienna Brooks. She shows Robert the hazardous material transport capsule that was sewn into the lining of his jacket. Her lock opens with Langdon's fingerprint. Robert calls the American consulate.

In the continuation of the novel "Inferno" Siena saw a woman agent through the window. It happened shortly after their call. The conclusion is obvious: the American government wants to kill the professor. But for what? Perhaps the answer is hidden in a container, and Robert opens it. Inside was a carved cylinder - a mini-projector projecting Botticelli's "Map of Hell". Looking closer, Langdon notices that the painting has written on it.

Old City

An armored car drove up to Brooks' house, from which men in uniform got out. It's Aid and Response looking for Robert. Siena saved the professor again. The woman who shot Langdon turned out to be an agentconsortium. Rumors reached her that the boss decided to remove her from work. To regain trust, she wants to complete her task. The agent hid on the roof of a nearby building and keeps her eyes on the professor's hideout.

The next chapter of the Inferno novel tells that Langdon is heading to the Old City, where Dante was born and raised. He is sure that the riddle in the picture is connected with the poet. The agent follows them relentlessly. Siena and Robert saw that the gates of the Old City were full of police. Obviously they are looking for them. They hide in the vast Medici gardens. They are looking for a radio-controlled helicopter with a camera. The professor guesses what is encrypted in the picture. The clue points to a fresco that is on display at the Old City Museum.

Genetic Scientist

The action of the novel "Inferno" takes the reader to the office of the head of the World He alth Organization. Brooks recalled a recent meeting with a brilliant geneticist who predicted that overpopulation of the planet would lead humanity to death. He is sure that to prevent this from happening, humanity must be thinned out with the help of a plague. Elizabeth Sinskey understands that the planet's resources will be depleted, but she strongly disagrees with the methods of genetics.

The police surrounded Siena and Robert. Thanks to the erudition of Langdon, who knows everything about the peculiarities of Italian architecture, they get out of the trap. But the agent relentlessly follows them on their heels. They get to the fresco. The caretaker of the museum tells the professor that he was here yesterday and examined Dante's death mask. Was not alone, but with the art historian Busoni. Robertunderstands the meaning of writing on the projection of the picture.

Property of Zobrist Genetics

From Inferno, its next chapter, the reader learns that the mask Robert is looking for has been stolen. The security camera shows that the kidnappers are Langdon and Busoni. The caretaker reveals that this mask is the property of the billionaire Zobrist. Brooks appears to be aware of his theory.

The caretaker is forced to go to the police. But Robert does not remember anything and cannot tell where the mask is. Then they call Busoni. The art historian died yesterday of a heart attack, but managed to leave a message before his death, in which Langdon saw a hint at the last chapter of the Divine Comedy.

The museum is surrounded by policemen and Bruder's people. But the professor and Siena manage to escape again. On the way, Brooks talks about the theory of Zobrist, who uses his knowledge not to heal people, but to destroy them. After meeting with WHO Director Sinskey, the geneticist became an outcast and threw himself off the Florentine tower.

Mask

In the next chapter of Brown's Inferno, Langdon travels to the city's baptismal room, where Dante was baptized. The professor was led there by Busoni's hint. A man is following Robert and Siena. The main gate of the baptismal was open. But in order to get in, they had to distract the guard.

In the building they found a mask, the inside of which was primed. After cleaning the primer, Robert discovered poems that mention the underground palace, the perfidious doge and the museum of wisdom.

Professor and Siena are overtaken by a man who was following them. He introduces himself as WHO employee Jonathan Ferris and states that Langdon works for them. Siena is sure that he can be trusted, Robert does not remember anything. The verse points to Venice. They all go there together, doing everything possible to confuse the NDP squad that is watching them.

Zobrist Video

In the train compartment, Jonathan tells his companions that Sinskey has asked the professor to help solve the mystery. Elizabeth also showed him the bone cylinder she had taken from Zobrist's safe deposit box. Professor Langdon realizes that the fate of mankind depends on his ingenuity, as he has to find the source of the plague.

The next chapter of the book "Inferno", a novel by D. Brown, takes the reader to the office of the chief of the consortium, who is watching the video left to him by Zobrist. He is frightened by what he saw on the screen, and the chief contacts the FS-2080 agent. It was this agent who recommended the geneticist to apply to the consortium.

The Bitter Truth

Langdon decided to meet with the chief and Sinskey. They showed him a video of a scientist showing a plastic bag lowered into water. When the plastic bag bursts, the virus will get into it. In this chapter of Inferno, a novel by Dan Brown, a terrible secret is revealed to Robert Langdon. He learns that Siena was the mistress of the geneticist and an agent of the consortium.

The girl grew up as a child prodigy. She wanted to save the world, and how to do it, she learned only after meeting with a geneticist. When the geneticist was hiding from the WHO, he forgot about Siena. She turned to the consortium for help, but too late. Beloved committed suicide in front of her eyes.

Langdon's injury is a myth. Consortium employees provoked memory loss with drugs. Everything was done so that the professor trusted Siena and returned the projector. The girl used his knowledge to find the source of the plague. Robert likes the girl very much, he hardly comes to his senses from what he heard.

Underground lake

Continuing to read the novel "Inferno", the reader, together with the professor, will go to Istanbul. On the plane, Robert meets Ferris, who turns out to be an employee of the consortium. In Istanbul, Robert finds an underground hall with an ancient city reservoir. Cunning Sienna follows Robert.

But the professor did not have time: the bag dissolved, and the infection occurred. Seeing Siena, Robert runs after her. She has nowhere to go, and the girl tells the professor about the geneticist's letter, which she received just before his disappearance. A geneticist wrote to her about a virus that causes infertility by invading the human genetic code. But Zobrist loved humanity, so he came up with an alternative to the plague so as not to kill millions of people.

There will be no dying people and rotting corpses. There will simply be fewer children. The girl was afraid that people would become aware of the principle by which the virus was created, and they would invent a bacteriological weapon. She decided to destroy the virus, but she was too late. The date given by Zobrist turned out not to be the time when the virus would break out intofreedom, but in the day when all mankind will be infected.

All ahead

The chief of the consortium understands that the WHO director will not let him go unpunished and, having organized another hoax, tries to escape. Sinskey does his best to prevent panic, as fear spreads faster than the virus. The professor brings Siena to the director of the WHO. Siena tells her about a virus that can make a third of the world's population infertile.

The genetic scientist's letter is destroyed, but Sienna has a phenomenal memory and the professor advises Sinskey to talk to the girl. The head of WHO agrees to cooperate with Siena. They are leaving for a medical forum in Geneva. The professor accompanies them. Siena kissed Robert goodbye, and he hopes that they still have everything ahead.

Dan Brown's novel "Inferno"

Reader feedback confirms that following the adventures of Professor Langdon is quite interesting. Traveling the world, the hero explores and solves mysteries. Each of his journeys is a chain of intellectual puzzles in the field of literature, history, art or religion. The writer skillfully gives the reader food for thought, advancing the hero step by step to the solution. Following him, you will certainly learn something new and join the mystery.

Thanks to the author, together with his hero you make a virtual tour of Florence, Venice, Istanbul. The writer also touches on problems that are significant for the human race. He regularly touches on pressing but uncomfortable topics. Brown can cling to his stories. He dilutes them with historical facts, so that reading turns into an exciting one.occupation.

The film based on the novel "Inferno" is filled with beautiful views of the most beautiful cities in Europe. Plot differences with the book begin only at the end of the film. But this is probably due to the fact that the creators sought to make the finale more dynamic and tense. On the whole, the film is intriguing. The idea, of course, is not new, but it is implemented qualitatively. The director approached the project creatively and throughout the film finds something to surprise the viewer. The cast is excellent. This movie can be classified as one that you want to watch again.