Johann Wolfgang van Goethe

The original tale of moral destruction, in a brand-new translation: Faust is a man torn between the urges of the living world and the significance of moral living. He feels nothing, he lives for nothing, and thus engages in a wager with Mephistopheles, the devil himself. Goethe’s master work shares the deep complexity of a human life, rife with pain, mistakes and dynamic complexity. With Faust, the lushly lyrical and philosophically brilliant drama on which the poet spent almost his entire life, Goethe solidified himself as a major literary figure whose work would transcend time and space to create the modern world. Now, this brand-new, dynamic translation demands we ask of our world: who will win, humanity or Mephistopheles?

A New Translation with Illustrations

Faust, Part One

Caroline Rose-Marie 

Stephan Happe

Luca Stromann

Und steh beschämt, wenn du bekennen musst:

Ein guter Mensch in seinem dunkeln Drange

Faust, Part One quotes

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