Translated, with an Introduction and Notes by John R.
Part One presents Faust\'s pact with the Devil and the.
Beginning with an intriguing wager between God and Satan, it charts the life of a deeply flawed individual, his struggle against the nihilism of his diabolical companion Mephistopheles.
Based on the fable of the man who traded his soul for superhuman powers and knowledge, it became the life\'s work of Germany\'s greatest poet.
Goethe\'s Faust is a classic of European literature.
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Translated, with an Introduction and Notes by John R