
Faust
- First published
- 1808
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"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.
- Tragedies (Drama)
- Faust, -approximately 1540
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #63203. Faust on Wikipedia.
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