J. W. von Goethe (English)

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Germany’s most celebrated writer deserves a place in the digital library of all lovers of classical literature. This eBook presents the most comprehensive collection of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s works available, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version: 1)

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* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Goethe’s life and works

* Concise introductions to the novels, plays and other works

* ALL the novels and 12 plays, including rare plays appearing for the first time in digital print

* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

* Excellent formatting of the texts

* Features Abraham Hayward’s 30 beautiful illustrations for FAUST

* Includes the rare and often missed-out-of-collections Part Two of FAUST

* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry

* Easily locate the poems you want to read

* Non-fiction works, including the famous THEORY OF COLOUR

* Special criticism section, with essays by writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Sir Walter Scott, as evaluating Goethe’s contribution to literature

* Features an autobiography and a bonus biography – discover Goethe’s literary life

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

 

CONTENTS:

 

The Novels

THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER

WILHELM MEISTER’S APPRENTICESHIP

ELECTIVE AFFINITIES

WILHELM MEISTER’S JOURNEYMAN YEARS

 

The Short Stories

A TALE

THE GOOD WOMEN

 

The Plays

THE WAYWARD LOVER

THE FELLOW CULPRITS

GOETZ VON BERLICHINGEN

CLAVIGO

EGMONT

THE BROTHER AND SISTER

STELLA

IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS

TORQUATO TASSO

FAUST: PART ONE

THE NATURAL DAUGHTER

FAUST: PART TWO

 

The Poetry

THE POEMS OF GOETHE

LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

 

The Non-Fiction

THEORY OF COLOURS

MAXIMS AND REFLECTIONS

 

The Criticism

GOETHE – THE WRITER by Ralph Waldo Emerson

GOETHE by C. E. Vaughan

GOETHE by John Cowper Powys

GOETHE’S FAUST by George Santayana

SHAKESPEARE AND GOETHE by David Masson

GOETHE’S THEORY OF COLORS by John Tyndall

EXTRACTS OF CORRESPONDENCE by Sir Walter Scott

 

The Autobiography

TRUTH AND FICTION RELATING TO MY LIFE

 

The Biography

THE LIFE OF GOETHE by Calvin Thomas