Faust: Part 1 (Penguin Classics) (Pt. 1)
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Author: Johann Wolfgang von GoetheTranslator: David Constantine
Introduction: David Constantine
Preface: A. S. Byatt
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-12-27
ISBN: 0140449019
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Book Reviews of Faust: Part 1 (Penguin Classics) (Pt. 1)
Book Review: Classic, but underwhelming.
Summary: 4 Stars
Interesting work. Why it took decades to finish...I dunno. The contemporary feel of the translation is welcome.
Summary of Faust: Part 1 (Penguin Classics) (Pt. 1)
Goethe's Faust reworks the late-medieval myth of Dr Faust, a brilliant scholar so disillusioned he resolves to make a contract or wager with the devil, Mephistopheles. The devil will do all he asks on Earth and seek to grant him a moment in life so glorious that he will wish it to last for ever. But if Faust does bid the moment stay, he falls to Mephisto and must serve him after death. In this first part of Goethe's great work the embittered thinker and Mephistopheles enter into their agreement, and soon Faust is living a life beyond his study and - in rejuvenated form - winning the love of the charming and beautiful Gretchen. But in this compelling tragedy of arrogance, unfulfilled desire and self-delusion, Faust, served by the devil, heads inexorably towards destruction.Continental European Books
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