
FAUST: A TRAGEDY
TRANSLATOR’S DEDICATION.
PREFACE.
PRELIMINARY.
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
DEDICATION.
PRELUDE AT THE THEATRE.
PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN.
FAUST. - ACT I. - Scene I.
ACT II. - Scene I.
A restless scholar, haunted by the limits of his knowledge, makes a desperate bargain with a cunning spirit, hoping to grasp the mysteries of life, love, and power. The pact sets him on a frantic quest that carries him from academic halls to the bustling streets of a medieval town, where his attempts to master both the intellectual and the sensual worlds spark both wonder and tragedy.
As he pursues youthful innocence through a bright-eyed lover, the consequences of his ambition begin to surface, revealing the fragile line between enlightenment and ruin. The drama unfolds with lyrical intensity, drawing listeners into a timeless struggle between yearning and consequence, while the poetic language captures the tumult of a soul caught between heaven and earth.
Language
en
Duration
~5 hours (322K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by David Thomas
Release date
Sep 14, 2020
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1749–1832
A towering figure of German literature, he was a poet, novelist, dramatist, scientist, lawyer, and statesman whose work ranged from The Sorrows of Young Werther to the monumental Faust. His wide-ranging curiosity and collaboration with Friedrich Schiller helped shape the era known as Weimar Classicism.
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