One reason for this is that there has been no readable english version of goethe s philosophical and poetic drama, one that captures its life, satire, irony, humor, and tragedy. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Faust is the protagonist of a classic german legend. Please give us books written hundreds of years ago free. Goethe society pronunciation, born johann wolfgang goethe 28 august 174922 march 1832 was a german polymath. Faust available for download and read online in other formats. Faust i german english bilingual edition paragraph by. Faust by goethe full audiobook greatest audio books faust 1 faust is the protagonist of a classic german legend. In a highvaulted gothic chamber, faust, in a chair at his desk, restless. Faust by goethe full audiobook greatest audio books. More than 2000 free ebooks to read or download in english for your computer.
Johann wolfgang goethe 17491832 was born in frankfurt, germany. Although rarely staged in its entirety, it is the play with the largest audience numbers on germanlanguage stages. It is goethe s most famous work and considered by many to. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Although he directed the german state theatre, dabbled in the occult and worked on scientific theories in evolutionary botany, goethe is best remembered for his great works the sorrows of young werther and faust, and his part in the 18th century sturm and drang movement. Free ebook in pdf format 6,7 mb 665 pages, also available in epub and kindle. Faust is considered by many to be goethe s magnum opus and the greatest work of german literature. Although rarely staged in its entirety, it is the play with the largest audience. In part one it sets out fausts despair, his pact with mephistopheles, and his love for gretchen. Why then do so many poor fools plague, the sweet muse, for such a goal as this.
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