Faust, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faust, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Faust

Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Narrator: Samuel West, Toby Jones, Anna Maxwell Martin, Stephen Critchlow, Derek Jacobi, Daniel Mair, et al.

Abridged: 3 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 09/26/2011

Categories: Fiction, Drama


Synopsis

Faust is one of the pillars of Western literature. This classic drama presents the story of the scholar Faust, tempted into a contract with the Devil in return for a life of sensuality and power. Enjoyment rules until Faust’s emotions are stirred by a meeting with Gretchen, and the tragic outcome brings Part 1 to an end. Part 2, written much later in Goethe’s life, places his eponymous hero in a variety of unexpected circumstances, causing him to reflect on humanity and its attitudes to life and death.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Roxana on April 14, 2015

I think that the title is a bit misleading - it makes one expect "Faust, Part Two" to be the sequel to "Faust, Part One". Instead, this reads more like "The New Faust: Containing an Emperor of Much Import and Lavish Greek Settings". The play opens with Faust getting his memory wiped by a fairy - so h......more

Goodreads review by Iohannes on April 06, 2018

the perfect sequel doesn't exi... ok, after rereading I&II back to back this week, I kinda feel like sharing some thoughts: this is so masterfully done; even tho on the surface level both parts couldnt be more different from one another, the structure perfectly mirrors the first part, almost like a di......more

Goodreads review by Warren on September 11, 2024

"Faust II" is the second half of Goethe's famous play, but it itself is not as famous. Though it provides the conclusion of the eponymous character's story arc, it is often skipped during stage production, and when the play was taught to me in high school, we didn't read Part Two. Even my friends wh......more