{"date":"August 28","id":"08-28","intro":["“Almighty God, I am undone.” With this cry of despair, Margaret witnessed the fiendish work of Faust, her lover, who bartered his immortal soul for worldly pleasure. A thrilling drama, based on a famous medieval legend."],"minutes":8,"readings":[{"author":"Johann Wolfgang von Goethe","end":167,"start":158,"volume":19,"work":"Faust"}],"slug":"august-28","status":"proofread","title":"The World’s Love Tragedy","url":"/harvard-classics/august-28/","words":1587}