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Goethe’s "Faust" is a tragic based on a classic German legend. Goethe wrote it in two parts (Part I in 1808, Part II in 1832), and together they revise the Faustus legend to fit with Romantic sensibilities and eighteenth-century attitudes toward earthly life and the beyond. The theme of a man selling his soul to the devil for earthly desires—fame, knowledge, wealth, power—developed from a profound Christian belief in life after death. Goethe updates the legend by adding a prolonged love story, making his devil an ironic and mocking figure, and allowing Faust’s soul to escape damnation.
Faust’s universe is one of motion and flux, one where humanity is but a part, and one in which Faust tries to find values that are permanent and dependable as his experiences bring continual transformations: from hope to despair, from lust to spirituality. He literally journeys across the world, through mystical festivals, from old age to youth, in his quest for belonging and contentment. Through all of his accomplishments, Faust remains disillusioned and bitter at his death, but for his endless striving and belief in something beyond himself, Faust is saved from damnation by God’s grace.
Goethe’s "Faust" is a complex work of literature that is concerned with the place of humanity in the cosmos, the striving of its protagonist beyond his human confines, the implications of his going too far, and the consequences that his quest have on his community.
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GenreLiterary Classics, Self-Help, History
Length13 hrs 32 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 17, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dedication
19Margaret's Room
2Prologue In The Theatre
20Martha's Garden
3Prologue In Heaven
21At The Well
4FIRST PART OF THE TRAGEDY
22Zwinger
5Night
23Night
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6Before The Gate
24Cathedral
7Study (Poodle Scene)
25Walpurgis-Night
8Study (Pact)
26Walpurgis-Nacht's Dream
9Auerbach's Cellar In Leipzig
27A Gloomy Day
10Witches' Kitchen
28Night
11A Street
29Dungeon
12Evening. A Small And Neat Room
30SECOND PART OF THE TRAGEDY
13Promenade
31Act 1
14The Neighbour's House
32Act 2
15A Street
33Act 3
16Garden
34Act 4
17A Summer-House
35Act 5
18Forest And Cavern
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