Faust

Name: Faust
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Tragedy of a scholar who sells his soul for forbidden knowledge

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German poet, novelist, and scientist who is considered the greatest figure in German literature. Faust is the supreme work in German, and his lyric poems including Mignon and Prometheus are matchlessly beautiful.

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