We all know the legend of Dr Faustus, who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for various privileges that he otherwise could not enjoy. In Christopher Marlowe’s dramatic version of the Faust story from the 1590s, Dr Faustus asks for 24 years of pleasure in exchange for spending eternity in a Hell that he initially seems not to believe in. Other retellings focus less intensely on theological questions; though of course the story is just a fairy tale if the author loses sight of the Four Last Things (Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell).