Harvard Classics, Vol. 19, Part 1
The sagacious reader who is capable of reading between these lines what does not stand written in them, but is nevertheless implied, will be able to form some conception.
J.W. von Goethe
Harvard Classics, Vol. 19, Part 1
The Tragedy of Faust Part I
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Goethe’s retelling of the classic Faust legend and the crowning achievement of his literary output. Faust sells his soul to the devil for knowledge.
Contents
TRANSLATED BY ANNA SWANWICK
NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001
- Introductory Note
- Dedication
- Prologue for the Theatre
- Prologue in Heaven
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