About the book: 2014 / The great German poet, outstanding thinker and scientist Johann Wolfgang Goethe belongs to those personalities whom the whole world admires. His novel "The Sorrows of the Young Werther" is one of the most remarkable novels about love, in which Goethe accurately and soulfully recreated the psychology of passion, the uniqueness of the feelings of a man and a woman. The hero of the tragedy "Faust" is a historical figure, he lived in the 16th century, was known as a magician and warlock and, rejecting modern science and religion, sold his soul to the devil. There were legends about Doctor Faustus, he was a character in theatrical performances, and many authors turned to his image in their books. But under the pen of Goethe, the drama about Faust, dedicated to the eternal theme of knowledge of life, became a masterpiece of world literature.