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Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
$19.95 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics
The legend of Faust grew up in the sixteenth century, a time of transition between medieval and modern culture in Germany. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) adopted the story of the wandering conjuror who accepts Mephistopheles's offer of a pact, selling his soul for the devil's greater knowledge; ...Show more
Italian Journey 1786-1788 by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
$30.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In 1786, when he was already the acknowledged leader of the Sturm und Drang literary movement, Goethe set out on a journey to Italy to fulfil a personal and artistic quest and to find relief from his responsibilities and the agonies of unrequited love. As he travelled to Venice, Rome, Naples and Sicily ...Show more
Selected Poetry: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
$28.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: PENGUIN CLASSICS
'Shall I embrace you, must I let you go? Again you haunt me: come then, hold me fast!' Goethe viewed the writing of poetry as essentially autobiographical and the works selected in this volume represent over sixty years in the life of the poet. In early poems such as 'Prometheus' he rails against religi ...Show more
Selected Works: Goethe by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
$67.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) One of the towering figures of world literature, Goethe has never held quite as prominent a place in the English-speaking world as he deserves. This collection of his four major works, together with a selection of his finest letters and poems, shows that he is not only one ...Show more
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
$19.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Penguins Classics Ser.
A key work in the German 'Sturm und Drang' movement, Johann Goethe's autobiographical epistolary novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther" is a defining moment in early Romanticism, which has influenced writers from Mary Shelley to Thomas Mann. This "Penguin Classics" edition is translated from with an intro ...Show more
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
$14.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Alma Classics Evergreens
Presented as a collection of confessional letters written by the eponymous protagonist, The Sorrows of Young Werther charts the emotional journey of a young man who, during a stay in a picturesque German village, falls in love with Lotte, a local woman engaged to another man. As he realizes that his pas ...Show more
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
$19.95 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Pocket Penguin Classics
When Werther dances with the beautiful Lotte. It is a joy, however, that can only ever be short-lived. Engaged to another man, she tolerates his adoration and encourages his friendship but can never return his love. When he receives a letter telling him that she is married, his passion turns to destruct ...Show more
Wonders of the World: Faust, Part One by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
$24.95 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Wonders of the World S.
Based on the fable of a man who traded his soul for superhuman powers and knowledge,
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