Faustus, His Life, Death, And Doom: A Romance In Prose is a novel written by Friedrich Maximilian Klinger and first published in 1864. The book is an adaptation of the classic German legend of Faust, a scholar who makes a deal with the devil in exchange for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. Klinger's version of the story follows the life of Faustus, a brilliant but dissatisfied scholar who is willing to risk everything for the chance to gain...