Faust: Bestsellers and famous Books

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anboco, Oct 27, 2016 - Drama - 227 pages

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is a tragic play in two parts usually known in English as Faust, Part One and Faust, Part Two. Although rarely staged in its entirety, it is the play with the largest audience numbers on German-language stages. Faust is Goethe's magnum opus and considered by many to be the greatest work of German literature.

About the author (2016)

Né en 1749 à Francfort, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe deviendra le principal ministre du grand duc Charles-Auguste à Weimar où il demeurera un demi-siècle, au milieu de la gloire universelle que lui valent autant son activité philosophique et littéraire que ses recherches scientifiques. Il a été le plus grand Européen du XVIIIe siècle. Il meurt à Weimar en 1832.

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