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A review by windhover
Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
3.0
This was a much easier read than I expected. In my edition, it's only 150 pages and that's counting the notes on each left-hand page. The story is quite straight-forward. The archaic language (and bits of Latin) can be difficult but, in my edition, all the difficult stuff is glossed.
I'm not sure why this is classic. Not that I didn't enjoy it. I did enjoy it, but mostly nothing jumped out and said, "I'm so special people will be reading this book in four centuries just to find me." Some of the speeches were pretty great. Also, there are a lot of special effects that would probably be more exciting to see than to read about (e.g., Enter LUCIFER and four DEVILS [above]). I might give it another try someday to see if it comes off stronger a second time through. It was short and pleasant enough for a second read.
Spoiler
Doctor Faustus makes a deal with the Mephistophilis, runs around doing magic for three acts and then gets dragged to hell.I'm not sure why this is classic. Not that I didn't enjoy it. I did enjoy it, but mostly nothing jumped out and said, "I'm so special people will be reading this book in four centuries just to find me." Some of the speeches were pretty great. Also, there are a lot of special effects that would probably be more exciting to see than to read about (e.g., Enter LUCIFER and four DEVILS [above]). I might give it another try someday to see if it comes off stronger a second time through. It was short and pleasant enough for a second read.