# Faust I

By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

"Faust I" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is a tragic play published in 1808. The Devil makes a wager with God over the soul of Faust, an aging scholar dissatisfied with earthly knowledge. Mephistopheles offers to serve Faust in exchange for his soul—but only if he can provide a moment of such perfect bliss that Faust wishes to stop striving forever. What follows is a dangerous pact signed in blood, leading Faust into seduction, tragedy, and moral ruin as he pursues transcendence through earthly experience. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: Finnish
- Translator: Kaarlo Koskimies
- Subjects: German poetry; Legends -- Germany -- Drama; Faust, -approximately 1540 -- Drama; Magicians -- Drama

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