A Deal with the Devil
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Reading tips
- Read the opening and ending first to grasp the structure of the bargain motif, then return to the central conflicts.
- Keep pen and paper to track shifts in characters' motives, which helps follow the unfolding moral fable.
- Read alongside other Faustian-bargain works to observe differences in treatment.
- Read chapter by chapter in spare moments, summarizing the core conflict in one sentence after each.
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