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Faust: A Tragedy — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Faust: A Tragedy

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  • Drama
  • Book language: English
  • 238 pages

Faust is a verse tragedy by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, retelling the old legend of a scholar who, unsatisfied with human knowledge, makes a wager with the devil Mephistopheles. It explores ambition, desire, and the struggle between good and evil through rich poetry and memorable scenes. Listen for its profound questions and dramatic power.

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FAUST: A TRAGEDY
BY GOETHE
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE
WITH NOTES AND PRELIMINARY REMARKS
By JOHN STUART BLACKIE
PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
SECOND EDITION
CAREFULLY REVISED AND LARGELY REWRITTEN
London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1880
TRANSLATOR’S DEDICATION.
An Goethe.
Versuch ich’s mich so kühnlich hoch zu heben,
Zu den Gefilden reiner Lebensstrahlen?
Und wag’ ich’s frech, mit schwacher Hand zu malen
Was Dir nur ziemt, das buntbewegte Leben?
Wie soll der Kinderzunge lallend Streben
Aussprechen, was des Mannes Kraft gesungen?
Wie soll des Menschen Stimme wiedergeben,
Was aus der tiefen Götterbrust entsprungen?
O! wenn der Liebe ungestümer Drang
Mich trieb, dass ich das Heiligste entweihe,

Und zu berauschter, frecher Sünde zwang;

So schaue Du, aus der Verklärten Reihe,

Aus Himmelsharfen liebevollem Klang,

Und, wenn du mich nicht loben kannst, verzeihe!

CONTENTS.

PREFACE.

PRELIMINARY.

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

DEDICATION.

PRELUDE AT THE THEATRE.

PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN.

FAUST.

ACT I.

Scene I, Scene II, Scene III.

ACT II.

Scene I, Scene II, Scene III, Scene IV, Scene V, Scene VI, Scene VII.

ACT III.

Scene I, Scene II, Scene III, Scene IV, Scene V, Scene VI, Scene VII,

Scene VIII.

ACT IV.

Scene I, Scene II, Scene III, Scene IV, Scene V, Scene VI, Scene VII,

Scene VIII, Scene IX.

ACT V.

Scene I, Scene II, Scene III, Scene IV, Scene V.

FOOTNOTES.

NOTES.

PREFACE.

Tƒŧ appearance of this Second Edition of my translation of “Faust,” after an interval of more than forty years from the publication of the

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Contents

  1. FAUST: A TRAGEDY
  2. TRANSLATOR’S DEDICATION.
  3. CONTENTS.
  4. PREFACE.
  5. PRELIMINARY.
  6. DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
  7. DEDICATION.
  8. PRELUDE AT THE THEATRE.
  9. PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN.
  10. FAUST. ACT I.
  11. ACT II.
  12. ACT III.
  13. ACT IV.
  14. ACT V.
  15. FOOTNOTES.
  16. NOTES.
  17. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES.
  18. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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