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Der 1774 erschienene Briefroman "Die Leiden des jungen Werther" von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe spielt in der Zeit um 1771 in der deutschen Kleinstadt Wahlheim und handelt von dem jungen Rechtspraktikanten Werther, der sich unglücklich in die bereits verlobte Lotte verliebt und am Ende Selbstmord begeht. Seine Gedanken und Handlungen hält er in den Briefen an seinen Freund Wilhelm fest.

The Sorrows of Young Werther is a loosely based autobiographical novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It was first published in 1774 and is one of the most famous-and infamous-works in the history of literature. Werther, a sensitive young man falls in love with Lotte, a sweet-natured girl he meets while visitng an idyllic German village. Although Lotte is betrothed to Albert, Werther’s infatuation with her torments him to the point of despair and suicide.

In this volume we examine the German language. Or rather the authors who wrote in German but are here translated into English. German is most often called the language of philosophers due to its precision and clarity. However, if you’ve studied German, you will know that sentence construction can be difficult to grasp. However, within these stories the language of these great talents express themselves in dazzling prose and searching narratives. And the characters? Clearly the works of genius.

En esta novela epistolar y semiautobiográfica, se nos narra el desdichado amor del joven Werther por Lotte y las fatídicas consecuencias que de él se derivan. A través de las cartas que Werther envía a su amigo Wilhelm, el lector conocerá todos los detalles de la tragedia desde su inicio: la llegada de Werther a la localidad de Wahlheim, el encuentro con Lotte en un baile y el amor que siente al instante por la joven, que ya está comprometida con Albert. La situación para ese triángulo en principio tan bien avenido se vuelve insostenible con el paso del tiempo...

Composed almost entirely of letters written by Werther to his friend Wilhelm, The Sorrows of Young Werther is a heartbreaking narrative about a doomed love. Werther, a young artist driven more by the heart than by reason, is already enraptured with the elusive Charlotte when she marries another man better suited to her class. To keep Charlotte near, Werther befriends her husband - a bid that becomes a torturous reminder of all he's lost.

A masterpiece of European imagination, The Sufferings of Young Werther is the classic Sturm und Drang tale of youthful angst and tragedy. The acclaimed translator Stanley Corngold brings new passion and precision to Goethe's timeless novel of obsessive love and madness in this magnificent new translation.

Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, is a poem, translated by Bayard Taylor, which tells the beautiful and emotional story of a man who has seen and done it all. However, despite all of his learning and education, his life still feels empty and unaccomplished. He believes wholeheartedly that there is something else out there. Faust, having exhausted all other fields of study, turns to magic for fulfillment. He summons the devil and makes a pact - that if the devil can show him something rewarding and fulfilling, he will give the devil his soul.

The German peoples spent centuries as tribes and regions without being a whole. Otto von Bismarck was instrumental in unifying these central European states into one country albeit based on the militaristic doctrine of Prussia. In the 20th Century its history was blighted by its capacity to resort to war to fulfill its ambitions, or right its perceived historical wrongs. In this volume the short stories by its greatest authors readily attest that their talents are equal to the greatest in World literature.

Ambientada en la Alemania del siglo XVIII, Las penas del joven Werther no ha hecho más que conquistar a millones de jóvenes lectores. A través de un conjunto de febriles cartas, conocemos las desventuras e ilusiones del joven protagonista, quien está rendidamente enamorado de Charlotte, una mujer casada. ¿Hasta dónde se puede llegar por amor? Novela romántica, novela juvenil, pero también una de las cumbres de Goethe, considerado el mayor poeta alemán.

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Gesammelte Lebensweisheiten Goethes in Form von Aphorismen, Pointen, Gleichnissen, Zitaten und Redewendungen: Das sind Maximen und Reflexionen, das posthum von Eckermann herausgegebene Büchlein aus dem Jahre 1833. Es behandelt die Themen Gott und Natur, Religion, Gesellschaft, Denken, Erkenntnis, Kunst, Literatur u.v.m.

Goethe kommt zurück aus der Schweiz und hat zu Hause in Weimar plötzlich eine Schreibblockade. Da kann sein kleiner Sohn August noch so still sein und seine Frau Christiane noch so liebevoll um sein Wohl besorgt. Ausgerechnet sein Schwager Christian August Vulpius, ebenfalls Schriftsteller und von Goethe verachteter Viel- und Lohnschreiber, kommt ihm in dieser Situation zu Hilfe. Zu einer Hilfe, die Goethe nicht will und doch dringend braucht.