Faust, Part 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Faust, Part 1, 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, Part 1, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Bayard Taylor. 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. This first part of Faust is not divided into acts, but is structured as a sequence of scenes in a variety of settings. After a dedicatory poem and a prelude in the theatre, the actual plot begins with a prologue in Heaven and Scene 1 in Faust's study. (Introduction modified from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Faust, Part 1
• Author credits: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 8
• Listed recording duration: 4:18:58

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• drama
• tragedy
• Faustus
• Doctor Faustus

Track guide

1. 01 - Dedication, Prelude, Prologue, and Scene 1 — 38:53
2. 02 - Scenes 2 and 3 — 38:52
3. 03 - Scene 4 — 30:29
4. 04 - Scenes 5 and 6 — 33:29
5. 05 - Scenes 7 to 12 — 35:56
6. 06 - Scenes 13 to 19 — 30:41
7. 07 - Scenes 20 and 21 — 24:08
8. 08 - Scenes 22 to 25 — 26:33

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