Faust II: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Faust II, credited to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Faust II, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Read dramatically by volunteer readers. Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life, and so makes a deal with the devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is a tragic play in two parts. It is Goethe's most famous work and considered by many to be one of the greatest works of German literature. Rich in classical allusion, in Part Two the romantic story of the first Faust is forgotten, and Faust wakes in a field of fairies to initiate a new cycle of adventures and purpose. The piece consists of five acts (relatively isolated episodes) each representing a different theme. (Summary modified from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Faust II
• Author credits: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 7:21:14

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• play, greek mythology
• Faustus
• classical literature
• allusion
• Roman mythology
• German literature

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 01 - Act 1, Scene 1 — 7:31
2. 02 - Act 1, Scene 2 — 20:21
3. 03 - Act 1, Scene 3 — 49:02
4. 04 - Act 1, Scene 4 — 12:31
5. 05 - Act 1, Scene 5 — 8:45
6. 06 - Act 1, Scene 6 — 5:27
7. 07 - Act 1, Scene 7 — 13:51
8. 08 - Act 2, Scene 1 — 15:43
9. 09 - Act 2, Scene 2 — 11:39
10. 10 - Act 2, Scene 3.1 — 15:52
11. 11 - Act 2, Scene 3.2 — 13:44
12. 12 - Act 2, Scene 3.3 — 27:53
13. 13 - Act 2, Scene 3.4 — 14:20
14. 14 - Act 2, Scene 3.5 — 13:01
15. 15 - Act 3, part 1 — 1:03:38
16. 16 - Act 3, part 2 — 26:24
17. 17 - Act 4, Scene 1 — 18:35
18. 18 - Act 4, Scene 2 — 24:29
19. 19 - Act 4, Scene 3 — 18:55
20. 20 - Act 5, Scenes 1-2 — 6:00
21. 21 - Act 5, Scene 3 — 7:35
22. 22 - Act 5, Scene 4 — 5:31
23. 23 - Act 5, Scene 5 — 8:10
24. 24 - Act 5, Scene 6 — 19:15

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