Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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English
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Wilhelm goes through deep self-realisation and decides to escape his empty life of a bourgeois businessman. After a failed romance with the theatre, Wilhelm commits himself to the mysterious Tower Society. A coming-of-age tale, a story of education and disillusionment, a novel of ideas ranging across literature, philosophy and politics, a masterpiece that resists all pigeonholing.
3) Faust
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English
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Oyunun başkahramanı Faust, felsefeyi, tıbbı, doğa bilimlerini, teolojiyi araştırmış, gençlik ve olgunluk çağını yeryüzünün sırlarını çözmek için tüketmiştir. Yeni Çağ'ın başlarında tarihi Faust (1480–1538) gibi itibarlı bir araştırmacı ve öğretmen olan Heinrich Faust, hayatının bilançosunu çıkarır ve oldukça sarsıcı bir sonuçla karşı karşıya kalır: Bir bilim adamı olarak derin bir araştırmadan
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Penguin classics volume L242
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1971.
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English
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German writer Johann Goethe's novella "Elective Affinities" is a singular book which attracts both creative minds and pragmatic minds. Romantics at heart will be drawn to the convoluted love affair; married couple Eduard and Charlotte invite two close friends to live with them on their idyllic estate for a short time. The innocent invitation takes an unexpected turn though, as each of the spouses become attracted to their guests. Eduard falls in love...
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[2004]
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English
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Loosely based on Goethe's personal experiences, the novel is written mostly in the form of letters in which Werther recounts his unrequited love for a married woman. Its Sturm und Drang style, portraying the rebellion of youthful genius against conventional standards, makes it a perennial favorite with readers of every era.
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2015.
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English
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016" Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) was one of the greatest writers of the German Romantic period. Matthew Bell is professor of German and comparative literature at King's College London. His books include Goethe's Naturalistic Anthropology and Melancholia: The Western Malady.
The most comprehensive one-volume collection of Goethe's writings ever published in English
The Essential Goethe...
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Everyman's library volume 246
Pub. Date
2000.
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English
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Contains a brief biography of Goethe, a collection of some of his best-known works, and a sampling of his personal correspondence. "One of the towering figures of world literature, Goethe has never held quite as prominent a place in the English-speaking world as he deserves. This collection of his four major works, together with a selection of his finest letters and poems, shows that he is not only one of the very greatest European writers: he is...
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