Title: Festus, a poem
First published: 1845
Description: An extended poem detailing the story of a man who sold his soul to the Devil. The poem doesn't have a definitive structure and is disorganized.  It is seen as a parallel to Goethe's *Faust*. Some of Bailey's later works, including *The Angel World*, and *The Mystic* weren't as successful as Festus and were subsequently integrated into the continuing versions of Festus.
Subjects: Maxims, Poetry, Epigrams, Victorian, humanitarian spirit, morality, external power, temptation
Places: Heaven
People: Lucifer, God
Time periods: England