Poetry & Drama

Faust [part 1]. Translated Into English in the Original Metres

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First published: 1808 (Part One)
Pages: 207Digital editionReference edition
Reading time: About 4 hours9 half-hour sittings
Language: English
Reading difficulty: Not set

A little about the book

Faust has reached a point where years of study seem to promise him little. A bargain with Mephistopheles opens another kind of experience, with consequences that fall on Gretchen as much as on the man who made the agreement.

The play moves through very different forms of verse and through scenes at very different scales. Gretchen’s household and the opening scene in heaven belong to the same moral problem.

Is it for you?

You’ll enjoy it if you like

verse drama
bargains with the devil
tragedies of knowledge and desire

Things You May Not Know About Faust [part 1]. Translated Into English in the Original Metres

This ebook contains Part One.
Bayard Taylor’s translation aims to reproduce the original metres.

About this edition

This English edition comes from Project Gutenberg. The Freebookia PDF has 207 pages. The EPUB adjusts to your reading settings.

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