Faust (Goethe)

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Faust (1925)
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Bayard Taylor

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a tragic play and the best known version of the Faust story. It was published in two parts: Faust: der Tragödie erster Teil (translated as Faust Part One) and Faust: der Tragödie zweiter Teil (Faust Part Two). 4612 lines long, the play is a closet drama, meaning that it is meant to be read rather than performed. It is Goethe's most famous work and considered by many to be the greatest work of German literature.

This edition was translated from the original German edition by Bayard Taylor in 1870–71, with illustrations by Harry Clarke in 1925 (see scans).

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Preface		13
An Goethe		23
Dedication		25
Prelude at the Theatre		27
Prologue in Heaven		35
Scene I.	Night (Faust's Monologue)	41
II.	Before the City-Gate	57
III.	The Study (The Exorcism)	72
IV.	The Study (The Compact)	85
V.	Auerbach's Cellar	106
VI.	Witches' Kitchen	122
VII.	A Street	136
VIII.	Evening	142
IX.	Promenade	148
X.	The Neighbor's House	151
XI.	Street	160
XII.	Garden	163
XIII.	A Garden-Arbor	171
XIV.	Forest and Cavern	173
XV.	Margaret's room	181
XVI.	Martha's Garden	184
XVII.	At the Fountain	191
XVIII.	Donjon (Margaret's Prayer)	194
XIX.	Night (Valentine's Death)	196
XX.	Cathedral	204
XXI.	Walpurgis-Night	207
XXII.	Oberon and Titania's Golden Wedding	226
XXIII.	Dreary Day	234
XXIV.	Night	239
XXV.	Dungeon	240

This work is a translation and has a separate copyright status to the applicable copyright protections of the original content.

Original:

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1931, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 92 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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