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Faust, Part I

By Goethe, David Constantine (Translator)

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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. ButContinue

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.

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  • Faust, Part I

    Faust, Part I Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Penguin Classics Paperback 352 pages December 2005 This Penguin Classic Faust, Part I is a 2005 translation of Goethe’s masterpiece first published in 1808. The story of Dr. Faust, who was so dissatisfied with ... (read full critics)

    curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

  • Faust: Still Striving and Straying

    Forever striving and forever straying, the role of Faust has been adopted as a historic model for Western man. As an individual bent upon self-realization, and caught up in a devil’s bargain with technological forces, he was ideally cut out to be Spe ... (read full critics)

    nybooks published on Mon, 23 Aug 2010

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