The Works of J. W. von Goethe/Volume 7

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

FAUST

Volume I

"I sit and ponder one only thought"

Photogravure after the painting by A. Liezen Meyer

The Works of
J. W. von Goethe

With His Life by
GEORGE HENRY LEWES

Edited by
NATHAN HASKELL DOLE

Translations by
SIR WALTER SCOTT, SIR THEODORE MARTIN
JOHN OXENFORD, THOMAS CARLYLE
AND OTHERS

In Fourteen Volumes
Volume VII.

PUBLISHED BY

FRANCIS A. NICCOLLS & CO.

LONDON AND BOSTON

Lyceum Edition

Limited to 750 Numbered and
Registered Sets for America

Copy 232

Oxford Press

List of Illustrations

	PAGE
"I sit and ponder one only thought" (See page 167)	Frontispiece
"He sleeps! Well done, ye little airy sprites!"	69
"My pretty lady, permit me, do, my escort and arm to offer you!"	125
"And now I, too, in sin am lost"	178
"'Tis but a magic shape, a lifeless wraith"	205
"The lover here lies prostrate at thy feet"	220

Scenes (not listed in original; Act and Scene divisions according to text)

• To J. Anthony Froude
• Introduction
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• FAUST, PART I
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• Dedication
• Prelude at the Theatre
• Prologue in Heaven
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• Act I
• Scene I: Night.
• Scene II: Before the Town Gate.
• Scene III: Faust's Study.
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• Act II
• Scene I: Faust's Study.
• Scene II: Auerbach's Cellar at Leipzig.
• Scene III: Witches' Kitchen.
• Scene IV: Street.
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• Act III
• Scene I: Evening.
• Scene II: Public Promenade.
• Scene III: The Neighbour's House.
• Scene IV: Street.
• Scene V: Garden.
• Scene VI: A Summer-house.
• Scene VII: Forest and Cavern.
• Scene VIII: Margaret's Room.
• Scene IX: Martha's Garden.
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• Act IV
• Scene I: At the Well.
• Scene II: Zwinger.
• Scene III: Night.
• Scene IV: Cathedral.
• Scene V: Walpurgis Night.
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• Walpurgis Night's Dream.
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• Act V
• Scene I: A Gloomy Day. Open Country.
• Scene II: Night. Open Country.
• Scene III: A Dungeon.
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• FAUST, PART II
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• Act I
• Scene I: A Beautiful Landscape.
• Scene II: Imperial Palace. Throne-room.
• Scene III: Spacious Hall, with Apartments adjoining.
• Scene IV: Pleasure-garden. Morning Sun.
• Scene V: A Dark Gallery.
• Scene VI: A Hall Brilliantly Illuminated.
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• Act II
• Scene I: A highly arched, narrow Gothic Chamber.
• Scene II: Laboratory.
• Scene III: Classical Walpurgis Night.
• Scene IV: On the Upper Peneios.
• Scene V: On the Lower Peneios.
• Scene VI: On the Upper Peneios as before.
• Scene VII: Rocky Bays of the Ægean Sea.
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• Completed in Volume 8.