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Elective Affinities Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Elective Affinities By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Elective Affinities by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


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Described by Thomas Mann as 'the boldest and deepest novel of adultery produced by the moral culture of the West', Goethe's Elective Affinities is an early model for the modern novel.

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Elective Affinities: Newly Translated and Annotated by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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 guests. Using one of the chemistry theories of the time as a metaphor throughout the novel, Goethe juxtaposes social interactions with scientific principles, while illustrating the typically Romantic concern of the individual coming to terms with society. Controversial when first published and still much critically debated today, Goethe's Elective Affinities is an early model for the modern novel.

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The boldest and deepest novel of adultery produced by the moral culture of the West. -- Thomas Mann

About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Goethe (1749 - 1832) was one of the greatest German writers and the leader of the Weimar Classicism movement. Most famous for his seminal poetic drama, Faust, and his novel The Sorrows of Young Werther, Goethe was also a poet, theologian, philosopher and

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GOR013070614
9781847494528
1847494528
Elective Affinities: Newly Translated and Annotated by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Used - Good
Paperback
Alma Books Ltd
2015-02-15
220
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