FAUST

by

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY

Harry Clarke

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, IN THE ORIGINAL METRES, BY

Bayard Taylor

The Entire work of Faust by John Wolfgang Von Goethe

The English Translation with illustrations

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust, a towering work of German literature, was published in its first part in 1808 and completed with the second part in 1832. The original German text is firmly in the public domain throughout the world. You are free to reproduce, distribute, adapt, perform, and build upon the original German source material without seeking permission or paying royalties, for both non-commercial and commercial purposes. No entity holds a copyright over Goethe’s original words, the character of Faust, or the drama’s fundamental narrative structure.

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