Goethe"s most complex and profound work, Faust was the effort of the great poet"s entire lifetime. Written over 60 years, it can be read as a document of Goethe"s moral and artistic development. Faust is made available to the English reader in a completely new translation that communicates both its poetic variety and its many levels of tone. The language is present-day English, and Goethe"s formal and rhythmic variety is reproduced in all its richness.