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103 Great Poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Category: Poetry
Exceptionally fine poetry by Germany's greatest literary figure spans a wide range of styles, forms and moods, offering a rich selection of the poet's verse - from his earliest, "An den Schlaf" ("To Sleep"), written when he was 18, to his last great poem, "Verdachtnis" ("Legacy"), written when he was 80 ...Show more
A Very German Christmas - The Greatest Austrian, Swiss and German Holiday Stories of All Time by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Heinrich Heine; Rainer Maria Rilke
Category: Classics | Series: Very Christmas Ser.
The fifth volume in our popular Very Christmas series, this collection brings together traditional and contemporary holiday stories from Austria, Switzerland and Germany. You'll find classic works by the Brothers Grimm, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich Heine, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hermann ...Show more
Elective Affinities by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Category: Classic Fiction
Eduard and Charlotte are an aristocratic couple who live a harmonious but idle life in their estate. But the peace of their existence is thrown into chaos when two visitors Eduard's friend the Captain and Charlotte's passionate young ward Ottilie provoke unexpected attraction and forbidden love. Taking ...Show more
Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Category: Classic | Series: Drama Classics
Faust presents both parts of Goethe's lifelong masterpiece, premiered at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum theatre in Feb-April 2006.
Faust by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Category: Classics
This edition includes both part I and II of the drama. It represents a significant departure from its predecessor in terms of supporting apparatus and the "Interpretative Notes" have been expanded. "Contexts" includes five new selections by Goethe on the composition of the novel. "Criticism" includes co ...Show more
Faust by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe; John Anster (Translator); Harry Clarke (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: Calla Editions Ser.
Der 1749 in Frankfurt am Main geborene Johann Wolfgang von Goethe gilt als bedeutendster deutscher Dichter. Seine Werke gehören zu den wichtigsten der Weltliteratur."Faust" ist ein Meisterwerk. Im Mittelpunkt steht der Pakt mit dem Teufel. Der zentrale Konflikt rankt sich um die Frage nach der Wahrheit ...Show more
Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Anchor Literary Library
Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, "Faust" has made the legendary German alchemist one of the central myths of the Western world. Here indeed is a monumental Faust, an audacious man boldly wagering with the devil, Mephistopheles, that no magic, sensuality, experienc ...Show more
Faust - A Tragedy by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe; Robert David MacDonald (Translator)
Category: Classics | Series: Trans. by Robert David Macdonald Ser.
The power and magic of the Faust story, the man who, in a pact with the Devil, trades his soul in return for a period of total knowledge and absolute power, is one of the most potent of all European myths. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) worked on this poetic drama in burst from his twenties unti ...Show more
Faust - A Tragedy, Parts One and Two, Fully Revised by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe; Martin H. Greenberg; Martin Greenberg (Translator); W. Daniel Wilson (Introduction by)
Category: Children's Classic Fiction
"Greenberg has accomplished a magnificent literary feat. He has taken a great German work, until now all but inaccessible to English readers, and made it into a sparkling English poem, full of verve and wit. Greenberg's translation lives; it is done in a modern idiom but with respect for the original te ...Show more
Faust I & II: Goethe's Collected Works, Volume 2 by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Category: Classic | Series: Princeton Classics
One of the great classics of European literature, Faust is Goethe's most complex and profound work. To tell the dramatic and tragic story of one man's pact with the Devil in exchange for knowledge and power, Goethe drew from an immense variety of cultural and historical material, and a wealth of poetic ...Show more