Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Fiction, Literary, Classics - Softcover

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1603120602 ISBN 13: 9781603120609

Publisher: Aegypan, 2007

Synopsis

Since the year 1795, when it first appeared at Berlin, numerous editions of Meister have been printed: critics of all ranks, and some of them dissenting widely from its doctrines, have loaded it with encomiums; its songs and poems are familiar to every German ear; the people read it, and speak of it, with an admiration approaching in many cases to enthusiasm. The eponymous hero undergoes a journey of self-realization. The story centers upon Wilhelm's attempt to escape what he views as the empty life of a bourgeois businessman. After a failed romance with the theater, Wilhelm commits himself to the mysterious Tower Society.

About this title

Review:

"One of the most influential literary works of the early nineteenth century . . . a masterpiece that resists all pigeonholing." --"Independent"

From the Publisher:

Unique edition of a masterpiece of German literature.

Includes photographs, a 10,000-word section on Goethe's life and works, with a longer chapter on Wilhelm Meister, anecdotes, critical perspectives, adaptations and spin-offs. A good number of notes accompany this edition.

Lavishly produced on natural, high-quality paper, and affordably priced.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aegypan
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1603120602
• ISBN 13: 9781603120609
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512