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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, experience or knowledge can lead him to a moment he would wish to last forever.

Goethe was probably the greatest universal genius who ever lived. Although known primarily as a poet, playright, and novelist, he was also known for his work in anatomy, botany, color, art criticism, and jurisprudence. Many people are deterred from attempting to read anything by Goethe because of his extremely penetrating intelligence and dense prose. But his travel diary, Italian Journey, is by far easier to digest than anything else by him.

Faust has long been considered one of the most important works of European literature ever published. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe began writing Faust in the 1770s while still a young man, spending most of his adult life on the project. Faust was finally finished almost 50 years later, near the end of his life. Faust is a philosophical drama full of humor, satire, and tragedy. The demon Mephistopheles makes a bet with God that he can lure Faust from the path of good.

Werther, a sensitive young artist, finds himself in Wahlheim, a quiet, attractive village in Germany where he seeks solace from the turmoils of love. It is a young spring, and he hopes that arcadian solitude will prove a genial balm to his mind. But his romantic tendency rules otherwise, and he falls in love with Charlotte - Lotte - even though he knows she is affianced to another.

Faust is one of the pillars of Western literature. This classic drama presents the story of the scholar Faust, tempted into a contract with the Devil in return for a life of sensuality and power. Enjoyment rules, until Faust’s emotions are stirred by a meeting with Gretchen, and the tragic outcome brings Part 1 to an end. Part 2, written much later in Goethe’s life, places his eponymous hero in a variety of unexpected circumstances, causing him to reflect on humanity and its attitudes to life and death.

10 Masterpieces you have to read before you die is the book that everyone should read to understand themselves and each other. The authors and works for this book were selected, as a result of numerous studies, analysis of the texts over the past 100 years and the demand for readers. It must be read in order to understand the world around us, its history, to recognize the heroes, to understand the winged expressions and jokes that come from these literary works. Reading these books will mean the discovery of a world of self-development and self-expression for each person.

Écouter "Werther", c'est aujourd’hui dépoussiérer un mythe. En effet tout le monde connaît "l'histoire" de Werther et son suicide, mais peu sont ceux qui connaissent véritablement le parcours intérieur de ce geste solitaire... Geste magnifique, mais aussi geste de désespoir social face à ses blocages intimes et aux barrières convenues par une société fière de ses convenances.

Faust is a tragic play in two parts that reworks the late medieval myth of a brilliant but disillusioned scholar who makes a deal with the devil. it is widely considered to be Goethe's masterpiece and the greatest work of German literature. The novel Elective Affinities is the story of Eduard and Charlotte, an aristocratic couple enjoying an idyllic but rather dull life on their rural estate. They invite the Captain, Eduard's childhood friend, and Ottilie, the orphaned niece of Charlotte, to live with them, with tragic results.

Le mythe de "Faust" raconte l'histoire d'un homme très cultivé qui cherche à comprendre les mystères du monde qui l'entoure. Un jour, il passe un pacte avec le Diable qui lui promet de lui faire connaître tous ces mystères en échange de son âme. Les deux personnages commencent alors à errer dans le Royaume des Ténèbres, jusqu'à la rencontre de Faust avec Marguerite dont il tombe amoureux et dont il va causer la perte.

Goethe as a novelist is best known for two earlier novels, The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774) and Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (1796). But Elective Affinities, which was published in 1809, is widely regarded as his mature masterpiece, not least because of its unusual provenance, which brings together Goethe the scientist as well as Goethe the writer.

Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship was Goethe’s second novel, published 1795-6, almost two decades after The Sorrows of Young Werther. It again focuses on a young man but this time on his growing understanding and maturity as he makes his way in the world. As such, it is regarded as the founding work in the ‘coming of age’ genre: the ‘bildungsroman’ ( a term actually coined some 30 years later), which characterised a philosophical novel tracing the cultural, emotional and educational development of an individual from youth to adulthood.

Dios y Mefisófeles discuten sobre la valía del humano favorito del Todopoderoso, Fausto, un hombre que se ha propuesto aprender todo lo que puede ser conocido. Finalmente, Dios y el diablo hacen una apuesta: ¿Mefistófeles será capaz de desviar a Fausto del camino del bien?

Werther, ein schwärmerischer, ungefestigter junger Mann, lernt Lotte kennen - sofort verbindet beide eine tiefe Seelenverwandtschaft. Werther verliebt sich unsterblich, doch Lotte kann die Gefühle nicht erwidern, denn sie ist mit dem eher bodenständigen Albert verlobt. In seiner Verzweiflung verlässt Werther die Stadt. Während eines Besuches bei der mittlerweile Verheirateten übermannen ihn die Gefühle, und das Drama nimmt seinen Lauf...

Wenn Deutschlands größter Dichter und Deutschlands bekannteste Stimme zusammenkommen, so ist das ein großer Glücksmoment für den Hörer. Denn wer könnte Goethes Figuren treffender charakterisieren, seine Sprachkunst funkelnder zur Geltung bringen, seine Gedanken souveräner nachvollziehen als der große Goethe-Interpret Gert Westphal? Es scheint, Goethe hat beim Schreiben dieser Worte schon den König der Vorleser vor sich gesehen.

Wen die Liebe trifft wie ein Blitzschlag. Als der junge Werther Lotte zum ersten Mal sieht, ist sie umringt von ihren acht jüngeren Geschwistern und schneidet für sie Brot. Werther ist sofort von Lottes Anmut und Natürlichkeit fasziniert, in ihr sieht er die große Liebe seines Lebens. Doch Lotte ist bereits verlobt.

Werther, ein intelligenter, hochsensibler, schwärmerischer junger Mann, verliebt sich in Lotte, die zumindest seine Begeisterung über Natur und Liebe, seine empfindsame Gefühlssprache erwidert. Als ihr Verlobter, der brave Albert, von einer Reise heimkehrt, schließt man Freundschaft, doch Werthers Eifersucht wird, wie seine Briefe verraten, immer drängender. Von der Gewitterszene als Gipfel, die zum scheinbaren Einklang der Herzen führt, folgt der Weg in die Katastrophe.

Goethes wohl bekanntestes Werk über den Gelehrten Heinrich Faust, der einen Pakt mit dem Teufel eingeht, um seinen Wissensdurst in allen Bereichen des Lebens zu stillen. Ungekürzte Lesung!

Goethes erster Roman erzählt die Geschichte der Liebe des jungen Werther zu einer Frau - die bereits vergeben ist. Diese verbotene Liebe endet tragisch.

Story is the narrative of a princess, whose husband has gone out hunting. She is inspired by her uncle showing her paintings of a nearby ruined castle which has become overgrown with trees to ask him to take her there on their afternoon ride. On the way, they pass through the busy market and see that there is a showman exhibiting a range of wild beasts. When they reach the base of the castle, they have a fine view back towards their own castle and the town beneath it, but they quickly spot that something is wrong. A fire has broken out in the marketplace.

Faust is a tragic play in two parts that reworks the late medieval myth of a brilliant but disillusioned scholar who makes a deal with the devil. Faust is considered by many to be Goethe's masterpiece and the greatest work of German literature. Part I sets out Faust’s despair, his pact with Mephistopheles, and his love for Gretchen. Part II deals with Faust’s life at court, the wooing and winning of Helen of Troy, and his purification and redemption.