Doctor Faustus

by Thomas Mann · first published 1947

Doctor Faustus is a German novel written by Thomas Mann, begun in 1943 and published in 1947 as Doktor Faustus: Das Leben des deutschen Tonsetzers Adrian Leverkühn, erzählt von einem Freunde ("Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkühn, Told by a Friend"). It has been translated into English three times, most recently in 2026.

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Genre:

Social fiction, Künstlerroman

Original language:

German

Year page:

1947