A Faust book / D.J. Enright
1979, First Edition. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #470101
ISBN: 0192118951
Physical description; ix, 77 pages ; 22 cm. Contents; Dr. Faust discourses on training and identity -- Faust in his study -- Mephistopheles enlightens Dr. Faust -- Faust prefers to succeed through his own efforts -- Mephistopheles desires a few lines in writing -- Professor reminisces -- Mephistopheles declares himself a man of the people -- Faust rebukes Mephistopheles for his vulgar language -- Faust grows impatient with his companion's mutterings -- Mephistopheles introduces Faust to the fourth estate -- Faust requires a description of hell and heaven -- Faust asks for trouble -- Faust has doubts about the bargain -- Faust journeys to unknown regions -- Doctor displays his erudition in philology -- Faust asks another hard question -- Faust is taken with a fit of humour -- Mephistopheles reveals the marvels of science -- Faust quizzes Mephistopheles about love -- Mephistopheles ransacks the world's libraries -- Mephistopheles plays the go-between -- Faust and Gretchen walk in the garden -- Faust is forbidden to marry -- Faust is soon bored -- Game of consequences -- Mephistopheles remembers the face of God -- Faust suffers a temporary indisposition -- In the tavern -- Faust considers the subject of souls -- Doctor's parents journey to see their son -- Faust's parents question Mephistopheles -- Mephistopheles addresses the working class -- Faust betrays signs of forwardsliding -- Mephistopheles calls on his master to preserve Faust -- Mephistopheles salves Faust's conscience -- Faust desires to have Helen of Troy as his paramour -- Mephistopheles and the primrose -- Doctor cannot abide gnats -- Faust and the daffodils -- Faust pleads vagueness -- Mephistopheles is taken with an excess of zeal -- Faust enjoys conversing with his friend -- Mephistopheles' ingenuity displayed -- Faust is blessed with a son -- Helen vanishes -- In the Harz Mountains, Faust senses the presence of God -- Faust has a visitor -- Mephistopheles encounters the blessed boys -- In the senior common room -- Mephistopheles is sorely embarrassed -- Mephistopheles relates a tale of olden times -- Faust is troubled by a dream -- Faust appears before the senate -- Wagner is anxious -- Gretchen at the sewing machine -- Faust exhibits his necromantic powers -- Lucifer broods -- Political achievements of Faust -- Mephistopheles lectures in the professor's stead -- In sorrow Wagner takes his leave of the doctor -- Prophecies of Mephistopheles -- Faust is interrogated by the authorities -- Faust desires to meet Lucifer -- Faust is set upon by Gretchen's brother -- Faust finds it is later than he thought -- Faust asks himself what he has gained -- Faust makes his will -- Mephistopheles assures his companion of immortality -- Faust's farewell to his friends -- Sprat to catch a school of mackerel -- Mephistopheles wonders -- Commander dismisses his troops -- Faust and Mephistopheles make their adieus. Subjects; Faust -approximately 1540 ; Legends. Faust (Legendary character) ; Poetry. Faust -approximately 1540. Faust (Legendary character). Faust. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832. Faust. English ; Legends.
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