Faust

Before you is an illustrated edition of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's tragedy "e;Faust"e; in Afanasy Fet's classic translation. This translation, on which the poet worked for over twenty years, combines precision and poetry, capturing the rhythm and depth of the original-from Gretchen's lyrical songs to the cosmic visions of the Prologue in the heavens, from the crude humor of the student scenes to...