Doctor Faustus

by Thomas Mann

First published 1947 · 545 pages

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A new translation of a 1948 novel by a German writer based on the Faust legend. The protagonist is Adrian Leverkuhn, a musical genius who trades his body and soul to the devil in exchange for 24 years of triumph as the world's greatest composer.

  • Fiction
  • History
  • Composers
  • German language materials
  • Political fiction
  • Germany, fiction
  • Fiction, political
  • Fiction, historical

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