The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus / From the Quarto of 1604

Christopher Marlowe

• Drama
• Book language: English
• 90 pages

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on the legend of a scholar who makes a pact with dark powers. Faustus gains forbidden knowledge and influence through Mephistophilis, while good and evil angels urge repentance or ruin. Its blank verse and moral conflict reward lovers of early modern drama.

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