Faust: A Tragedy by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832

"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. ... Read more

About this eBook

Author	Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
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	Faust, -approximately 1540 -- Drama
Category	Text
eBook-No.	63203
Release Date	Sep 14, 2020
Last Update	Oct 18, 2024
Copyright	Public domain in the USA.
Downloads	3017 downloads in the last 30 days.

Original page: gutenberg.org/ebooks/63203