Faust: A Tragedy by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Faust: A Tragedy" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is a tragic play in two parts, with Part One published in 1808 and Part Two in 1832. When Mephistopheles bets God he can corrupt the scholar Faust, a fateful wager begins. Faust agrees to serve the devil in the afterlife—but only if Mephistopheles can give him a moment so perfect he wishes it would last forever. What follows involves seduction, tragedy, and a
journey through earthly and mystical realms, testing the limits of knowledge, desire, and redemption. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 |
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| Translator | Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 |
| LoC No. | 85240000 |
| Title | Faust: A Tragedy |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goethe%27s_Faust |
| Credits | Produced by David Thomas |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Tragedies (Drama) |
| Subject | Faust, -approximately 1540 -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 63203 |
| Release Date | Sep 14, 2020 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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