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Cover of Faust: Being the Historia von D. Johann Fausten Dem Wietbeschreyten Zauberer und Schwartzhünstler: or, History of Dr. John Faust the Notorious Magician and Necromancer, as Written by His Familiar Servant and Disciple Christopher Wagner

Faust: Being the Historia von D. Johann Fausten Dem Wietbeschreyten Zauberer und Schwartzhünstler: or, History of Dr. John Faust the Notorious Magician and Necromancer, as Written by His Familiar Servant and Disciple Christopher Wagner

Robert Nye (1980)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingHard R
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+
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Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentExplicit
LanguageStrong

Trigger warnings

DeathGoreViolenceOn-Page SexBody HorrorMental ManipulationDeception

Positive tags

Dark Academia ProtagonistMentor Figure

Hero archetypes

Scholar / AcademicSorcererTortured Hero

Protagonist archetypes

Villain ProtagonistMorally Gray Protagonist

Tropes

NecromancyDark LordAntiheroMorally Gray ProtagonistUnreliable NarratorForbidden MagicMentor Figure

Themes

Power and CorruptionTemptationDamnationKnowledge vs MoralityHubrisFaustian BargainAmbition

Synopsis

Robert Nye's Faust is a cinematical trip that goes from comedy over drama and tragedy into hellish terror. A true work of genius, freeing the Faust-legend from the chains of romantisism and mixing it up with all things depraved and all things innovative.

Tags

Historical FantasyLiterary FantasyDark ComedyTragic Fantasy