About this title: "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?" Dr. Faustus famously asks of Helen of Troy when he conjures her at the suggestion of his students in this major work, written in 1588. A master scholar, Faust, dissatisfied by the limitations of book learning, seeks higher knowledge through black magic, which leads to a private audience with ...
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Signet Classics
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780451527790ISBN:0451527798
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Clean pages, no marks or tears, corners/edges lightly bumped, tight binding, solid. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 240 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780451524775ISBN:0451524772
Description: Good. Browning on page edges; Creasing and slight indention of front cover 207 p.; 0.58" x 6.85" x 4.17". Signet Classics (Paperback); 16th printing. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Signet Classics
Date Published: 1969-05-31
ISBN-13:9780451507662ISBN:0451507665
Description: Very Good. Clean Copy, Light Cover/edge wear, some yellowing of pages due to age, minor incidents of writing, but does not affect the text, good condition for age of book, Ships Next Business Day. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Signet Classics
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780451517104ISBN:0451517105
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Light edge wear to soft cover. Fold lines to spine from reading. Hint of page tanning from age. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780451524775ISBN:0451524772
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. HC, FIRST SIGNET PRINTING 1969, A VERY GOOD USED COPY, TEXT EXTRA CLEAN. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 207 p. Signet Classics (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780451524775ISBN:0451524772
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. HC (MM), FIRST SIGNET PRINTING 1969, A VERY CLEAN USED COPY, SCH STAMP EDGE OF PAGES. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 207 p. Signet Classics (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Signet Classics, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780451524775ISBN:0451524772
Description: Very Good. 0451524772 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in very good condition, may have slight worn corners and varying degre..._ read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Signet Classics, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780451524775ISBN:0451524772
Description: Very Good. 0451524772 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in very good condition, may have slight worn corners and varying degre..._ read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Signet Classics, New York
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good. No Jacket as Issued. Previous owners name on the inner front cover and front page. Page toning. A few underlinings and marginal notes that do not affect the text. read more
"As with Shakespeare many quotations from this book are used still in modern language and it was very informative to see them in their best known setting.
I did not find the language of the play to be difficult as I had feared. I am used to seeing Shakespearian plays using their original language but have rarely read them."
"I read this when I was in college and enjoyed it. I was intrigued by it and researched the author because I wondered if he were making a statement about the futility of life without Christ. I've re-read it since and felt it was great as a teaching tool with my homeschool group classes. I have read articles, recently, that think Marlowe used Faustus as his confession and a written proof of his repentance for the life he had been living; that Marlowe intended this work to show the folly of a life devoid of God. I would like a definitive answer to the question of whether this is true or not, but I haven't found one yet."
"Not nearly as complex as anything by Shakespeare, but still pretty enjoyable. We did a reading of this play, and unlike with a number of Shakespeare's works, no one had any trouble keeping up with everything that was happening and everything that was being said. I was disappointed that the tale was so straightforward, actually. You can retell the entire narrative in about 30 seconds. My understanding is that Goethe's Faust has a lot more depth. If I can track down enough copies of a single translation of that work, maybe we'll do a reading of it soon."
"I think the plot of the play is silly. If I had sold my soul, I'd actually do something with my powers instead of playing silly practical jokes and parlor tricks. Literary-wise, I think it's fairly well-written -- I just don't quite understand the character beyond a blatant Christian story of damnation. Marlowe could have and should have done better."
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