[Pocket Edition] World Literature Masterpieces Library - Faust

Author: [German] Goethe
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book is part of the "World Classics Library," a fully translated and illustrated edition. Faust is the most successful literary masterpiece of the "genius poet" Goethe in his later years, consuming nearly sixty years of his life. It is a summary of his life's thoughts and the crystallization of his artistic exploration, alongside Homer's The Odyssey, Dante's The Divine Comedy, and Shakespeare's Hamlet, being called the "Four Great Masterpieces of European Literature." During his exile, Lenin carried only two literary works, one of which was Faust. It was ranked 13th in the "Best Books of All Time" by a million readers of LIFE magazine in the United States. It was also included in the "100 World Classics" listed by The Great Books Foundation.