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  The Sorrows of Young Werther

  by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  A major work of German romanticism in a translation that is acknowledged as the definitive English language version. The Vintage Classics edition also includes NOVELLA, Goethe's poetic vision of an idyllic pastoral society.
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  Goethe's Faust: Book 1

  Faust

  by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  The best translation of Faust available, this volume provides the original German text and its English counterpart on facing pages. Walter Kaufmann's translation conveys the poetic beauty and rhythm as well as the complex depth of Goethe's language. Includes Part One and selections from Part Two.
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  Faust: A Tragedy (Norton Critical Editions)

  by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Walter Arndt's translation of Faust reproduces the sense of the German original and Goethe's enormously varied metrics and rhyme schemes. This edition presents Parts I and II complete. Cyrus Hamlin provides essential supporting material for this difficult text, and his Interpretive Notes have been expanded and reset in larger, easy-to-read type. Comments by Contemporaries includes short pieces by Margaret... (more)
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  Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

  by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship , a novel of self-realization greatly admired by the Romantics, has been called the first Bildungsroman and has had a tremendous influence on the history of the German novel. The story centers on Wilhelm, a young man living in the mid-1700s who strives to break free from the restrictive world of economics and seeks fulfillment as an actor and playwright. Along with Eric... (more)
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  Elective Affinities

  by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Eduard and Charlotte are an aristocratic couple who live a harmonious but idle life in their estate. But the peace of their existence is thrown into chaos when two visitors Eduard's friend the Captain and Charlotte's passionate young ward Ottilie provoke unexpected attraction and forbidden love. Taking its title from the principle of elective affinities the theory that certain chemicals are naturally drawn to one... (more)
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  Goethe's Faust: Book 2

  Faust, Part 2

  by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  This sparkling new translation of FAUST: PART TWO now affords English-language readers much of the pleasure found by readers of the original German. Award-winning translator Martin Greenberg casts Goethe's verse in a natural, vigorous, lucid English that preserves Goethe's poetic effects while accurately rendering the sense of the original lines.
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  Italian Journey

  by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  A collection of the poetry of Johann Wolfgang Goethe, the pre-eminent figure of German literature, as well as Germany's greatest lyric poet. Everyman's Poetry offers a brief chronological overview of his work, illustrating the wide range of his themes and variety of metrical forms of his poetry.
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  The Blue Flower

  by Penelope Fitzgerald

  In eighteenth-century Germany, the impetuous student of philosophy who will later gain fame as the Romantic poet Novalis seeks his father's permission to wed his true philosophy -- a plain, simple child named Sophie. The attachment shocks his family and friends. This brilliant young man, betrothed to a twelve-year-old dullard! How can it be? A literary sensation and a bestseller in England and the United States,... (more)
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  The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings (Signet classics)

  by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  This classic selection of writings by Goethe reflects the author's philosophy of love and death.
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  Faust, Eine Tragödie; (German Edition)

  This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to... (more)
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  Iphigenie auf Tauris

  by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Iphigenia in Tauris (German: Iphigenie auf Tauris) is a reworking by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe of the ancient Greek tragedy Iphigeneia in Tauris by Euripides.Goethe wrote his first version of the play in six weeks, and it was first performed on April 6, 1779 in prose form. He rewrote it in 1781, again in prose, and finally in 1786 in verse form. He took the manuscript of Iphigenia in Tauris with him on his... (more)
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  The New Sufferings of Young W.: A Novel

  by Ulrich Plenzdorf

  One of the most talked-about works ever published in the German Democratic Republic! This innovative novel by an East German writer is a worthy companion to the classic it parodies and parallels: Goethe's The Sufferings of Young Werther. Goethe and J. D. Salinger were the two greatest influences on Edgar Wibeau, "Young W." Edgar is a 17-year-old with the frustrations of teenagers all over the world, living... (more)
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  Bibliophile Mystery: Book 1

  Homicide in Hardcover

  by Kate Carlisle

  murder is always a bestseller... first in the new bibliophile mystery series! The streets of San Francisco would be lined with hardcovers if rare book expert Brooklyn Wainwright had her way. And her mentor wouldn’t be lying in a pool of his own blood on the eve of a celebration for his latest book restoration. With his final breath he leaves Brooklyn a cryptic message, and gives her a priceless—and... (more)
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  Die Leiden des jungen Werthers. Die Wahlverwandtschaften

  by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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  The Path into Healing

  by Sam Oliver

  The Path into Healing is a model for healing through the feminine side of the soul. The purpose of this book is to outline a process whereby a person can understand and acquaint him or herself with an aspect of our awareness often neglected in our world today. Much of the emphasis in our world is on what a person can achieve without regard to how these achievements affect the world and the people living in these... (more)
• Faust, Parts One And Two - Great Books Of The Western World, Volume 47Johann Wolfgang Von; Translated by Priest, George Madison; Editor-in-chief - Hutchins, Robert Maynard Goethe

  

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  Faust, Parts One And Two - Great Books Of The Western World, Volume 47

  by Johann Wolfgang Von; Translated by Priest, George Madison; Editor-in-chief - Hutchins, Robert Maynard Goethe

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  Goethe, Der Dichter in seiner Zeit, Bd.1, 1749-1790

  by Nicholas Boyle

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  Goethe 2. 1790-1803

  by Nicholas Boyle

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  Opportunity and Other Essays and Addresses

  by John Lancaster Spalding

  This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment... (more)
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  Sorrows of Young Werther

  by Johann Goethe

  You only find true love once. When Werther dances with the beautiful Lotte, it seems as though he is in paradise. It is a joy, however, that can only ever be short-lived. Engaged to another man, she tolerates Werther's adoration and encourages his friendship. She can never return his love. Broken-hearted, he leaves her home in the country, trying to escape his own desire. But when he receives a letter telling him... (more)