Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832 creator Brooks, Charles Timothy 1813-1883 text utu 2004 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Faust: a Tragedy [part 1]" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is a tragic play first published in 1808. A disillusioned scholar named Faust makes a fateful pact with Mephistopheles, an agent of the Devil: if Mephistopheles can satisfy him completely, Faust's soul belongs to Hell. Transformed into a young man, Faust pursues the innocent Gretchen, setting off a chain of seduction, tragedy, and destruction that tests the boundaries between damnation and salvation in what many consider German literature's greatest work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust,_Part_One See also PG#14591 tr. by Bayard Taylor and Illustrated by Harry Clarke Release date is 2004-12-25 Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charles Bidwell and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team Original publication data not identified German poetry -- Translations into English Legends -- Germany -- Drama Faust, -approximately 1540 -- Drama Magicians -- Drama PT Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14460 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14460 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133336.0 14460