
GOETHE Ultimate Collection: 200+ Titles in One Edition (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Novels, Tales, Plays, Essays, Autobiography and Letters: Wilhelm Meister, Faust, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Italian Journey…By Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLength199h 53m
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GOETHE Ultimate Collection: 200+ Titles in One Edition gathers the remarkable breadth of Goethe's achievement: lyric poetry, drama, fiction, autobiography, criticism, scientific writings, and philosophical reflections. From the emotional intensity of The Sorrows of Young Werther to the vast symbolic architecture of Faust, the volume traces a career that helped define Sturm und Drang, German Classicism, and European Romantic modernity. Its style ranges from crystalline lyricism and theatrical grandeur to reflective prose and speculative inquiry. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) was not only Germany's pre-eminent literary figure but also a statesman, scientist, theatre director, and thinker of rare intellectual range. His years at Weimar, his Italian journey, his study of nature, and his engagement with antiquity and modern European culture all shaped a body of work concerned with Bildung: the formation of the self through art, experience, discipline, and desire. This collection is recommended to readers seeking a comprehensive encounter with one of world literature's central minds. It rewards both sustained study and exploratory reading, offering masterpieces alongside lesser-known works that illuminate Goethe's evolving vision of humanity, nature, beauty, and moral freedom.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length199 hrs 53 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 18, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
103Torquato Tasso
2Introduction
104Dramatis Personæ
3Author Biography
105ACT I.
4Historical Context
106ACT II.
5Synopsis (Selection)
107ACT III.
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6Introduction
108ACT IV.
7Life of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (pt. 1)
109ACT V.
8Life of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (pt. 2)
110The Natural Daughter
9Life of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (pt. 3)
111Dramatis Personæ.
10Novels & Short Stories
112Act I.
11The Sorrows of Young Werther (pt. 1)
113Act II.
12The Sorrows of Young Werther (pt. 2)
114Act III.
13Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship
115Act IV.
14Book I. (pt. 1)
116Act V.
15Book I. (pt. 2)
117The Fellow Culprits
16Book II. (pt. 1)
118Dramatis Personæ
17Book II. (pt. 2)
119Act I.
18Book III.
120Act II.
19Book IV. (pt. 1)
121Act III.
20Book IV. (pt. 2)
122Poetry
21Book V. (pt. 1)
123Hermann and Dorothea
22Book V. (pt. 2)
124Erotica Romana
23Book VI.
125Reynard the Fox (pt. 1)
24Book VII. (pt. 1)
126Reynard the Fox (pt. 2)
25Book VII. (pt. 2)
127Reynard the Fox (pt. 3)
26Book VIII. (pt. 1)
128The Sorcerer's Apprentice
27Book VIII. (pt. 2)
129Songs
28Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years
130Familiar Songs
29BOOK I. (pt. 1)
131Ballads
30BOOK I. (pt. 2)
132Cantatas
31BOOK I. (pt. 3)
133Odes
32BOOK II. (pt. 1)
134Sonnets
33BOOK II. (pt. 2)
135Epigrams
34BOOK II. (pt. 3)
136Parables
35BOOK III. (pt. 1)
137Art
36BOOK III. (pt. 2)
138God, Soul, and World
37BOOK III. (pt. 3)
139Religion and Church
38Elective Affinities
140Antiques
39PART ONE (pt. 1)
141Venetian Epigrams
40PART ONE (pt. 2)
142Elegies
41PART TWO (pt. 1)
143West-Eastern Divan
42PART TWO (pt. 2)
144Songs from Various Plays
43PART TWO (pt. 3)
145Miscellaneous Poems
44The Good Women
146Autobiographical Works & Letters
45Novella; or, A Tale
147Truth and Poetry: From My Own Life (Autobiography)
46The Recreations of the German Emigrants
148PART THE FIRST (pt. 1)
47The Recreations of the German Emigrants (pt. 1)
149PART THE FIRST (pt. 2)
48The Recreations of the German Emigrants (pt. 2)
150PART THE FIRST (pt. 3)
49Plays
151PART THE FIRST (pt. 4)
50The Wayward Lover; or, The Lover’s Caprice
152PART THE SECOND. (pt. 1)
51Act 1.
153PART THE SECOND. (pt. 2)
52Goetz Von Berlichingen with the Iron Hand
154PART THE SECOND. (pt. 3)
53ACT I.
155PART THE SECOND. (pt. 4)
54ACT II.
156PART THE THIRD. (pt. 1)
55ACT III.
157PART THE THIRD. (pt. 2)
56ACT IV.
158PART THE THIRD. (pt. 3)
57ACT V.
159PART THE THIRD. (pt. 4)
58Clavigo
160PART THE FOURTH. (pt. 1)
59Dramatis Personæ
161PART THE FOURTH. (pt. 2)
60ACT I.
162Maxims and Reflections
61ACT II.
163Translator's Preface
62ACT III.
164Life and Character
63ACT IV.
165Literature and Art
64ACT V.
166Science
65Stella
167Nature: Aphorisms
66Dramatis Personæ
168Letters from Italy (Excerpts from Italian Journey) (pt. 1)
67Act I.
169Letters from Italy (Excerpts from Italian Journey) (pt. 2)
68Act II.
170Letters from Italy (Excerpts from Italian Journey) (pt. 3)
69Act III.
171Letters from Italy (Excerpts from Italian Journey) (pt. 4)
70Act IV.
172Letters from Italy (Excerpts from Italian Journey) (pt. 5)
71Act V.
173Letters from Italy (Excerpts from Italian Journey) (pt. 6)
72Brother and Sister
174Letters from Switzerland (pt. 1)
73Iphigenia in Tauris
175Letters from Switzerland (pt. 2)
74ACT THE FIRST
176Correspondence with Wilhelm Von Humboldt and His Wife
75ACT THE SECOND
177Correspondence with K. F. Zelter
76ACT THE THIRD
178Eckermann’s Conversations with Goethe1 (pt. 1)
77ACT THE FOURTH
179Eckermann’s Conversations with Goethe1 (pt. 2)
78ACT THE FIFTH
180Schiller-Goethe Correspondence
79Egmont
181Scientific & Literary Writings
80Dramatis Personae
182Theory of Colours
81ACT I.
183PART I. PHYSIOLOGICAL COLOURS.
82ACT II.
184PART II. PHYSICAL COLOURS. (pt. 1)
83ACT III.
185PART II. PHYSICAL COLOURS. (pt. 2)
84ACT IV.
186PART III. CHEMICAL COLOURS
85ACT V.
187PART IV. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
86Faust
188PART V. RELATION TO OTHER PURSUITS—RELATION TO PHILOSOPHY
87Faust (Part One)
189PART VI. EFFECT OF COLOUR WITH REFERENCE TO MORAL ASSOCIATIONS (pt. 1)
88Preface
190PART VI. EFFECT OF COLOUR WITH REFERENCE TO MORAL ASSOCIATIONS (pt. 2)
89An Goethe
191Shakespeare and Again Shakespeare1
90Dedication
192Oration on Wieland (1813)1
91Prelude-At-The-Theatre
193Winckelmann and His Age (1804)
92Prologue in Heaven
194Introduction to the Propyläen1
93First Part of the Tragedy (pt. 1)
195Criticism on Goethe & His Works
94First Part of the Tragedy (pt. 2)
196Goethe: The Writer (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
95Faust (Part Two)
197Byron and Goethe (Giuseppe Mazzini)
96Dramatis Personæ
198The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' (H. B. Cotterill) (pt. 1)
97Act I.
199The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' (H. B. Cotterill) (pt. 2)
98Act II.
200Goethe’s Faust (George Santayana)
99Act III.
201Goethe's Farbenlehre: Theory of Colors (I&II) (John Tyndall)
100Act IV.
202Analysis
101Act V.
203Reflection
102Faustus (Translated by Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
204Memorable Quotes