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(0)Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Publication Date
2014
Summary
German literary prodigy Johann Wolfgang von Goethe breaks ground again with this volume of sensual love poetry. Despite its titillating title, these poems—though shockingly candid in the context of the early 1800s—are tame by contemporary standards, and Goethe couches his carnal odes in coy, oblique metaphors.
3) Faust
Author
Publication Date
1893
Summary
Goethe's 'Faust' is considered to be his Magnum Opus and one of the best works of German literature ever completed. It is a universal tale of belonging, love, despair and finding ones purpose.
Faust is a man in anguish; having dedicated his life to the sciences, to understanding the world around him he now sees that he has learnt all that he can. He is distraught by the notion that he cannot be at one with the cosmic universe and attain the highest...
Author
Publication Date
2026
Summary
„Faust: Eine Tragödie" ist Goethes Lebenswerk, an dem er über sechs Jahrzehnte arbeitete. Der erste, 1808 erschienene Teil erzählt, wie der unzufriedene Gelehrte Faust mit Mephistopheles einen folgenschweren Pakt schließt: Findet Faust einen Augenblick, den er festhalten möchte, gehört seine Seele dem Teufel. Auf der Suche nach umfassender Erfahrung verführt und zerstört er die junge Gretchen, deren Schicksal in Kindsmord und Hinrichtung...
Author
Publication Date
2021
Summary
German authors that were geniuses of their time and continue to inspire us today.
German literature is rich in beautifully crafted stories, especially from the eras of Sturm und Drang, Romanticism, and Realism. Certain German books are an excellent introduction not only to German literature but to German culture and the history of Germany too.
This book contains:
Sebastian Brandt
The Ship of Fools
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Nutcracker and the King of Mice
Friedrich...
Author
Publication Date
2026
Summary
If you were looking for the definitive Christmas anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! This book is everything you want Christmas to be — loving, warm and celebratory. Timeless and adorable, beautifully designed, "The Big Book of Christmas" is a great big stocky book — stuffed with novels, novellas, short stories, poems, carols and songs. Inside you'll find: · Novels, novellas and short stories from Charles Dickens,...
