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Mephistopheles and Faust Mephistopheles and Faust
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Mephistopheles and Faust

Mephistopheles and Faust
An illustration from an early edition of the 1832 poetic drama Faust, by German playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, depicts Mephistopheles, the devil, tempting Faust with a bargain for his soul.
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