Alexander Lee

The enduring mystery of Goethe’s Faust

A.N. Wilson sets out to show how Goethe’s life can help us understand what he was trying to do with Faust. But the great work remains something of a puzzle

Faust and Mephistopheles. Credit: Alamy

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