Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Born
in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
August 28, 1749
Died
March 22, 1832
Genre
Influences
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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318,723
ratings
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17,028
reviews
· 10,868 distinct works
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The Sorrows of Young Werther
398 editions
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1774
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Faust, First Part
483 editions
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1808
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Faust
32 editions
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published
1790
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Elective Affinities
486 editions
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published
1809
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Faust, Part Two
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331 editions
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published
1832
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Iphigenie auf Tauris
388 editions
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published
1786
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Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
263 editions
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published
1795
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Italian Journey
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255 editions
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1816
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Fausto / Werther
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Götz von Berlichingen
208 editions
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1773
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“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”
― Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
― Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
“If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.”
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“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.”
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Polls
January 2018 Old School Poll
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain 1889, 480 pages
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 1597, 283 pages
Shirley by Charlotte Brontë 1849, 624 pages
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman 1855, 624 pages
Silas Marner by George Eliot 1861, 262 pages
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane 1895, 170 pages
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774, 176 pages
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev 1862, 244 pages
Germinal by Émile Zola 1885, 592 pages
Elizabeth and Her German Garden byElizabeth von Arnim 1898, 207 pages
Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac 1834, 370 pages
Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov 1859, 586 pages
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