Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within shakespeare and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: The earliest known edition of The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is that of ; there is a second edition with date of , agreeing in almost every particular with the first; a third edition with new scenes and many alterations, was published in . The text here given is that of , with some readings This edition is suited to readers who want a reliable, uncluttered version of the text for study, rediscovery, and sustained reading.