Faust

About this book

Dissatisfied with learning and ordinary life, Faust enters a pact with Mephistopheles and pursues experiences whose consequences fall heavily on Gretchen. The tragedy moves from a scholar's crisis through temptation, love and ruin, testing the relation between restless aspiration and moral responsibility. Bayard Taylor's English verse translation is paired with Harry Clarke's intricate illustrations, which give the encounters a sharply unsettling visual character.