Author: Jim Booth Publisher: Watchmaker Publishing ISBN: 9780972178600 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 236
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"Daniel Randolph Deal is a Southern aristocrat, having the required bloodline, but little of the nobility. A man resistant to the folly of ethics, he prefers a selective, self-indulgent morality. He is a confessed hedonist, albeit responsibly so."--Back cover
Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Publisher: Signet Classics ISBN: 9780451529626 Category : Unrequited love Languages : en Pages : 0
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This classic selection of writings by Goethe reflects the author's philosophy of love and death. This new, updated package includes a new Introduction. Reissue.
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Publisher: W. W. Norton ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 150
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Goethe's influential and important novel is here presented in a translation which flows in a modern natural style while maintaining fidelity to the original German.
Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Publisher: ISBN: 9781675028162 Category : Languages : en Pages : 178
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This version of the novel has been accommodated for German learners. The original German version of the story has been aligned side-by-side with the official English translation by R.D. Boylan. German is printed on the left page, and English on the right page. The parallel text version will save you from reaching for the dictionary to locate the meaning of a word. As a result, you'll have a smoother reading experience. Loosely based on Goethe's personal experiences, the novel is written mostly in the form of letters in which Werther recounts his unrequited love for a married woman. Its Sturm und Drang style makes it a perennial favorite with readers of every era.
Author: Ulrich Plenzdorf Publisher: Pushkin Press ISBN: 1782271139 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 145
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Edgar Wibeau, seventeen years old, has died on Christmas Eve in an unfortunate accident involving electricity. His father, who left the family when Edgard was five, interrogates those close to him, to find out what exactly happened - and who his son really was. Helpfully for the reader, Edgar himself punctuates the father's conversations with his mother, best friend Willi, and Charlie, the woman with whom Edgar was unhappily in love, to give us his version of events from beyond the grave - and a story magically reminiscent of Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther and Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye unfolds before our eyes. Originally conceived as a screenplay, Plenzdorf's modern classic was first published in East Germany in 1973. A satire about the cultural and social limits of the GDR, it has long been a set text in German schools, and its critical and popular success remains unabated.
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486120414 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 244
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One of the first European bestsellers upon its 1774 publication, this classic of Romantic literature is written mostly in the form of letters in which the hero recounts his unrequited love for a married woman.
Author: William Hill Brown Publisher: Graphic Arts Books ISBN: 1513273671 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 122
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The Power of Sympathy (1789) is a novel by American author William Hill Brown. Considered the first American novel, The Power of Sympathy is a work of sentimental fiction which explores the lessons of the Enlightenment on the virtues of rational thought. A story of forbidden romance, seduction, and incest, Brown’s novel is based on the real-life scandal of Perez Morton and Fanny Apthorp, a New England brother- and sister-in-law who struck up an affair that ended in suicide and infamy. Inspired by their tragedy, and hoping to write a novel which captured the need for rational education in the newly formed United States of America, Brown wrote and published The Power of Sympathy anonymously in Boston. The novel, narrated in a series of letters, is the story of Thomas Harrington. He falls for the local beauty Harriot Fawcet, initially hoping to make her his mistress. But when she rejects him, his friend Jack Worthy suggests that he attempt to court and then propose to her, which is the honorable and lawful choice. Thomas’ overly sentimental mind is persuaded by Jack’s unflinching reason, and so he decides to pursue Harriot once more. This time, he is successful, and the two eventually become engaged, but their happiness soon fades when Mrs. Eliza Holmes, a family friend of the Harringtons, reveals the true nature of Harriot’s identity. As the secrets of Mr. Harrington—Thomas’ father—are revealed, the couple are forced to choose between the morals and laws of society and the passionate love they share. The Power of Sympathy is a moving work of tragedy and romance with a pointed message about the need for education in the recently founded United States. Despite borrowing from the British and European traditions of sentimental fiction and the epistolary novel, Brown’s work is a distinctly American masterpiece worthy of our continued respect and attention. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of William Hill Brown’s The Power of Sympathy is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 0691181047 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 1051
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First published by Wordsworth Editions 1999 and 2007. First published by Princeton University Press in 2016.
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Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Author: Jim Booth
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Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Author: Ulrich Plenzdorf
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Author: William Hill Brown
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe