The life of the german composer adrian leverkuhn, told by a friend. 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 worlds greatest composer. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Doctor faustus is a german novel written by thomas mann, begun in 1943 and published in 1947 as doktor faustus. Following the rise of the nazis to power, he left germany for good in 1933 to live in switzerland and then in california, where he wrote doctor faustus first. Click download or read online button to get mann s doctor faustus book now. In 1924 the magic mountain was published, and, five years later, mann was awarded the nobel prize for literature. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 535 pages and is available in paperback format. The first edition of the novel was published in 1947, and was written by thomas mann. Download movie doktor faustus 1982 lasvegastracker. He was only twentyfive when his first novel, buddenbrooks, was published.
It is a reworking of the faust legend in the form of a biography of a fictional 20thcentury composer and is interwoven with an exploration of how and why germany chose to ally itself with dark forces in its embrace of fascism. Publication date 1949 topics north collection digitallibraryindia. Pdf doctor faustus book by thomas mann free download. Do my doctor faustus by thomas mann college papers for me ms plast. Doctor faustus, novel by german writer thomas mann, published in 1947.