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Elective Affinities was written when Goethe was sixty and long established as Germany's literary giant. This is a new edition of his penetrating study of marriage and passion, bringing together four people in an inexorable manner. The novel asks whether we have free will or not... Read Full Overview

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is widely considered the most important German writer, but that would truly belittle the span of his work. In fact, Goethe dabbled in poetry, drama, literature, theology and philosophy on a global stage, taking a great interest in world literature and... Read Full Overview

Condemned as immoral when it was first published, this novel reflects the conflict Goethe felt between his respect for the conventions of marriage and the possibility of spontaneous passion.

Baron Eduard and his second wife Charlotte enjoy a quiet, humdrum existence in their opulent castle, but when he invites his friend the Captain and she invites her niece Ottilie to stay with them, their lives are turned inside out as both hosts begin to feel attracted to their... Read Full Overview

Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Die Wahlverwandtschaften / The Elective Affinities. German English Zweisprachige Ausgabe. ?bersetzt von James Anthony Froude Gro?format, 216 x 279 mm Berliner bilinguale Ausgabe, 2015 Absatzgenau synchronisierter Parallelsatz in zwei Spalten, bearbeitet... Read Full Overview

Elective Affinities was written when Goethe was sixty and long established as Germany's literary giant. This is a new edition of his penetrating study of marriage and passion, bringing together four people in an inexorable manner. The novel asks whether we have free will or not... Read Full Overview

Elective Affinities was written when Goethe was sixty and long established as Germany's literary giant. This is a new edition of his penetrating study of marriage and passion, bringing together four people in an inexorable manner. The novel asks whether we have free will or not... Read Full Overview

En esta novela, Goethe pone en tela de juicio los fundamentos del matrimonio. Cuatro personas que pasan una temporada aisladas en una mansi n rural se sienten atra das de manera tal que amenazan las relaciones establecidas y esperadas. La fuerza de esta atracci n es imperativa... Read Full Overview

Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Die Wahlverwandtschaften / The Elective Affinities. German English Zweisprachige Ausgabe. ?bersetzt von James Anthony Froude Erstdruck: T?bingen (Cotta) 1809. Neuausgabe. Gro format, 210 x 297 mm Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2021. Textgrundlage... Read Full Overview

Elective Affinities, also translated under the title Kindred by Choice, is the third novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published in 1809. The title is taken from a scientific term once used to describe the tendency of chemical species to combine with certain substances or... Read Full Overview

Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Die Wahlverwandtschaften. Ein Roman Erstdruck: T bingen (Cotta) 1809 Vollst ndige Neuausgabe mit einer Biographie des Autors. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2015. Textgrundlage ist die Ausgabe: Goethes Werke. Hamburger Ausgabe in 14 B nden... Read Full Overview