Faust By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe. FULL Audiobook

Faust. By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe. Full Audiobook Faust is a two-part dramatic work by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The first part was published in 1808 and the second part in 1832, after the author’s death. The play opens with a prelude set in the theater, where a production of Faust is to be staged, as well as a prologue in heaven, where the devil Mephistopheles declares to the Lord his intention of tempting the great scholar Heinrich Faust to damnation. The play then opens on a narrow, high-vaulted study, where Faust is sitting restlessly. He has studied and mastered all fields of human knowledge, from law to theology, but is nonetheless dissatisfied. And so, in his restlessness, he turns to magic, through the arts of which he hopes to understand the very inmost forces of the universe. He summons the Earth Spirit, the force that organizes and sustains nature, but the Spirit resents Faust’s arrogance and vanishes. Faust’s assistant in scholarship, Wagner, then enters the study, and he debates with his master on the values of book learning. However, Faust breaks off the discussion and dismisses his assistant; he is sick to heart with verbiage, the monotony of intellectual pursuits, and he despairs of ever overcoming his limitations. Consequently, he resolves to kill himself by drinking poison from a vial—but the sounds of church bells and heavenly music restore his will to live. Some time soon after, Faust and Wagner are taking a walk outside the city gates. It is a beautiful spring evening, and Faust praises the beauties and harmonies of the natural world. As night falls, however, the two scholars see a black poodle circling them, in whose wake Faust perceives swirling fire. The ominous dog follows Faust back to his study, where it begins to growl and grow to a monstrous size. In response, Faust intones a magical spell, which forces the poodle to reveal itself for what it really is: the devil Mephistopheles in disguise. In time, the despairing, pessimistic and restless scholar makes a deal with this subtle devil, going so far as to sign the contract devised between the two with blood: in exchange for a lifetime of the devil’s servitude, Faust, if he is ever absolutely satisfied with earthly life and slips into idleness, must yield up his immortal soul to damnation. The deal struck, the two mount Mephistopheles’s cloak, which they can ride through the air to wherever they please. Faust and Mephistopheles’ first stop is Leipzig, where the two provide abundant free wine to patrons in Auerbach’s wine-cellar only for the wine to turn to terrifying fire. Their next stop is the witch’s gloomy kitchen, where Faust sees in a mirror the fantastic image of a beautiful woman that arouses all his passion; he also drinks a potion that makes him thirty years younger. The rest of the play follows Faust’s journey to redemption, as he falls in love with a young woman named Gretchen and tries to save her from the consequences of his own actions. The play is a masterpiece of German literature and has been widely read and studied for its complex themes and characters. More: Faust, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Audiobook German literature, Mephistopheles, Gretchen Helen of Troy, Redemption, Despair Pact, Court, BBC Radio Drama Collection Full-Cast Dramatisations, Novelle, Reineke Fuchs 00:00:00 Dedication 00:02:21 Prologue In The Theatre 00:14:22 Prologue In Heaven 00:21:25 FIRST PART OF THE TRAGEDY. Night 00:48:31 Before The Gate 01:09:58 Study (Poodle Scene) 01:28:35 Study (Pact) 02:00:31 Auerbach’s Cellar In Leipzig 02:20:19 Witches’ Kitchen 02:38:59 A Street 02:43:33 Evening. A Small And Neat Room 02:51:06 Promenade 02:54:55 The Neighbour’s House 03:05:53 A Street 03:09:24 Garden 03:19:20 A Summer-House 03:20:58 Forest And Cavern 03:30:33 Margaret’s Room 03:32:00 Martha’s Garden 03:40:14 At The Well 03:43:04 Zwinger 03:44:51 Night 03:54:11 Cathedral 03:57:08 Walpurgis-Night 04:21:42 Walpurgis-Nacht’s Dream 04:31:13 A Gloomy Day 04:36:18 Night 04:36:56 Dungeon 04:50:27 SECOND PART OF THE TRAGEDY. Act 1 05:16:50 Act 2 06:05:20 Act 3 07:40:51 Act 4 08:19:24 Act 5