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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.

The Sorrows of Young Werther was Goethe's first major success, turning him from an unknown into a celebrated author practically overnight. Napoleon Bonaparte considered it one of the great works of European literature. He thought so highly of it that he wrote a soliloquy in Goethe's style in his youth and carried Werther with him on his campaigning to Egypt.

Meisterwerke der Weltliteratur! Eine komplett neue Zusammenstellung der schönsten Hörbuch-Klassiker...

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.

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Ausgangspunkt für Thomas Manns Goethe-Roman ist der historisch belegte Besuch Charlotte Kestners, Goethes unglücklicher Jugendliebe und Vorbild für die Figur der Lotte im 'Werther', 1816 in Weimar. In einer Mischung aus Fiktion und Wirklichkeit arrangiert Thomas Mann geschickt das Wiedertreffen zwischen Lotte und dem inzwischen berühmten Goethe. Es kommt zu Gesprächen, von denen sich Lotte Aufschluss über die frühere Leidenschaft erhofft. Gert Westphal gibt diesem Mann`schen Roman seine klangvolle Stimme.

Was wäre, wenn Natur & Technik sich gegen uns verbünden? Tibor Rodes wissenschaftlich top recherchierter What-if-Thriller handelt von der Intelligenz der Pflanzen, selbstlernenden Algorithmen, einem zerstörerischen Ökosystem – und dem möglichen Ende der Menschheit. Der Wald schlägt zurück – ein packender Ökothriller. Weltweit sorgen anonym verschickte Postsendungen für Aufruhr: Tausende Menschen erhalten scheinbar harmlose Päckchen mit Saatgut. Zwar warnen die Behörden davor, die Samen einzupflanzen, doch da ist es schon zu spät.

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.

"Las penas del joven Werther", que su autor escribió cuando sólo tenía veinticinco años, en plena época de la corriente del Sturm und Drang (de la que luego se apartaría para iniciar el movimiento clásico de Weimar, junto a Schiller), fue el primer gran éxito de Goethe, que pasó a ser...

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.

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.

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.