The greatest literary work of your own culture

The greatest literary work in Italian is "La Divina Commedia" by Dante Alighieri. It is composed of more than fourteen hundreds hendecasyllables with rhymes. Dante wrote it in the 14th century. and Its composition lasted for a long period of his life.
The story is about a man, Dante himself, who travels through Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. The book is divided into three parts and every section ends with the word "stelle", which means "starts" in English.
What's the most important literary work of your culture/language? Have you appreciated reading it?

The greatest literary work in Italian is "La Divina Commedia" by Dante Alighieri. It is composed of more than fourteen hundred syllables with rhymes. Dante wrote it in the 14th century and its composition lasted for a long period of his life. 

The story is about a man, Dante himself, who travels through Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. The book is divided into three parts and every section ends with the word "stelle", which means "starts" in English.

What's the most important literary work of your culture/language? Have you appreciated reading it?

Many people consider Shakespeare to be the greatest English author, but he was born in 1564, so the language he uses sounds strange to us today. The story of Romeo and Juliet is what we all learn in High School.