Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / Goethe's Faust / Braille

Goethe's Faust ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

132,301 braille cells · 142 embossed pages at 40×25 · 334 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠓⠊⠚⠀⠛⠑⠁⠙⠑⠍⠙⠀⠊⠝⠀⠙⠑⠀⠧⠕⠕⠗⠚⠁⠁⠗⠎⠝⠁⠞⠥⠥⠗⠀⠧⠁⠝⠀
⠙⠑⠝⠀⠠⠏⠁⠁⠎⠉⠓⠍⠕⠗⠛⠑⠝⠂⠀⠞⠑⠗⠺⠊⠚⠇⠀⠙⠑⠀⠀⠧⠗⠕⠕⠇⠊⠚⠅⠑
⠀⠍⠑⠝⠊⠛⠞⠑⠀⠙⠑⠀⠺⠑⠛⠑⠝⠀⠧⠥⠇⠞⠲⠀⠠⠞⠑⠀⠍⠊⠙⠙⠑⠝⠀⠧⠁⠝⠀
⠙⠑⠵⠑⠀⠓⠑⠑⠋⠞⠀⠓⠊⠚⠀⠵⠊⠉⠓⠀⠀⠍⠑⠝⠎⠉⠓⠀⠛⠑⠧⠕⠑⠇⠙⠀⠑⠝⠀
⠵⠊⠚⠝⠀⠗⠑⠉⠓⠞⠀⠕⠏⠀⠓⠑⠞⠀⠇⠑⠧⠑⠝⠀⠑⠗⠅⠑⠝⠙⠲⠀⠠⠊⠝⠀⠙⠑⠀
⠇⠊⠑⠋⠙⠑⠀⠧⠕⠕⠗⠀⠀⠠⠛⠗⠑⠞⠉⠓⠑⠝⠀⠑⠊⠝⠙⠑⠇⠊⠚⠅⠀⠺⠑⠗⠙⠑⠝⠀
⠙⠑⠀⠞⠑⠑⠗⠎⠞⠑⠀⠎⠝⠁⠗⠑⠝⠀⠧⠁⠝⠀⠓⠑⠞⠀⠍⠑⠝⠎⠉⠓⠑⠇⠊⠚⠅⠀⠀
⠛⠑⠍⠕⠑⠙⠀⠁⠁⠝⠛⠑⠎⠇⠁⠛⠑⠝⠲⠀⠠⠓⠑⠞⠀⠅⠕⠝⠋⠇⠊⠅⠞⠀
⠞⠥⠎⠎⠉⠓⠑⠝⠀⠙⠑⠝⠀⠕⠝⠑⠊⠝⠙⠊⠛⠑⠝⠀⠙⠗⠁⠝⠛⠀⠑⠝⠀⠀⠙⠑⠝⠀
⠁⠁⠗⠙⠎⠉⠓⠑⠝⠀⠧⠗⠑⠙⠑⠂⠀⠊⠎⠀⠑⠑⠝⠀⠅⠕⠝⠋⠇⠊⠅⠞⠂⠀
⠺⠁⠁⠗⠍⠑⠙⠑⠀⠺⠑⠇⠀⠙⠑⠀⠃⠑⠎⠞⠁⠁⠝⠙⠑⠀⠕⠗⠙⠑⠀⠀⠙⠑⠗⠀
⠍⠁⠁⠞⠎⠉⠓⠁⠏⠏⠊⠚⠀⠺⠕⠗⠙⠞⠀⠁⠁⠝⠛⠑⠞⠁⠎⠞⠂⠀⠍⠁⠁⠗⠀⠙⠁⠞⠀
⠞⠑⠝⠀⠎⠇⠕⠞⠞⠑⠀⠊⠝⠀⠙⠑⠀⠵⠊⠑⠇⠀⠀⠧⠁⠝⠀⠙⠊⠑⠝⠀
⠞⠊⠞⠁⠝⠊⠎⠉⠓⠑⠝⠀⠍⠑⠝⠎⠉⠓⠀⠵⠑⠇⠋⠀⠺⠕⠗⠙⠞⠀
⠥⠊⠞⠛⠑⠎⠞⠗⠑⠙⠑⠝⠲⠀⠠⠙⠑⠀⠺⠕⠑⠙⠑⠀⠙⠑⠗⠀⠀⠞⠊⠞⠁⠝⠊⠎⠉⠓⠑⠀
⠵⠊⠝⠝⠑⠇⠊⠚⠅⠓⠑⠊⠙⠀⠅⠕⠍⠞⠀⠁⠇⠙⠥⠎⠀⠠⠋⠁⠥⠎⠞⠂⠀⠊⠝⠀⠓⠑⠞⠀
⠃⠑⠑⠇⠙⠀⠧⠁⠝⠀⠠⠛⠗⠑⠞⠉⠓⠑⠝⠂⠀⠀⠕⠏⠀⠑⠑⠝⠀⠕⠝⠙⠑⠗⠛⠁⠝⠛⠀
⠧⠁⠝⠀⠁⠇⠇⠑⠀⠁⠁⠗⠙⠎⠉⠓⠑⠀⠧⠗⠑⠥⠛⠙⠀⠞⠑⠀⠎⠞⠁⠁⠝⠆⠀⠓⠊⠚⠀
⠧⠑⠗⠎⠞⠕⠕⠗⠞⠀⠀⠵⠊⠚⠝⠀⠁⠁⠗⠙⠎⠉⠓⠑⠀⠃⠑⠎⠞⠁⠁⠝⠀⠙⠕⠕⠗⠀
⠙⠑⠝⠀⠙⠗⠁⠝⠛⠀⠙⠑⠗⠀⠕⠝⠑⠊⠝⠙⠊⠛⠓⠑⠊⠙⠀⠑⠝⠀⠑⠊⠝⠙⠊⠛⠞⠀⠀
⠓⠊⠑⠗⠀⠍⠑⠞⠀⠝⠕⠛⠀⠓⠑⠧⠊⠛⠑⠗⠀⠅⠇⠁⠉⠓⠞⠂⠀⠙⠁⠝⠀⠺⠑⠇⠅⠑⠀
⠓⠊⠚⠀⠕⠏⠓⠊⠑⠋⠀⠝⠁⠀⠙⠑⠀⠧⠑⠗⠎⠉⠓⠊⠚⠝⠊⠝⠛⠀⠀⠧⠁⠝⠀⠙⠑⠝⠀
⠁⠁⠗⠙⠛⠑⠑⠎⠞⠆⠀⠑⠑⠝⠀⠅⠇⠁⠉⠓⠞⠀⠺⠑⠇⠅⠑⠀⠙⠊⠞⠍⠁⠁⠇⠀⠑⠑⠝⠀
⠁⠁⠝⠅⠇⠁⠉⠓⠞⠀⠊⠎⠀⠞⠑⠛⠑⠝⠀⠀⠙⠑⠀⠍⠁⠉⠓⠞⠀⠙⠑⠗⠀
⠧⠑⠗⠎⠞⠕⠗⠊⠝⠛⠒⠀⠠⠓⠕⠝⠙⠂⠀⠁⠋⠎⠉⠓⠥⠺⠑⠇⠊⠚⠅⠀⠕⠝⠙⠊⠑⠗⠂⠀

These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.