Faust: A Tragedy

Goethe spent nearly six decades writing and revising this monumental work—a philosophical drama that ranges from intimate tragedy to cosmic spectacle, from tavern brawls to encounters with Helen of Troy. This acclaimed translation captures not just the story of a scholar who makes a fateful pact with the devil, but also the work's astonishing variety: satirical comedy, lyrical poetry, political allegory, and metaphysical meditation. The text moves between earthy humor and soaring rhetoric, between the personal catastrophe of Part One and the grand historical visions of Part Two, always maintaining the energy and linguistic inventiveness that makes this one of world literature's most audacious achievements.