A Scottish historian traces Goethe’s first twenty-six years, up to his move to Weimar. The chapters follow childhood in Frankfurt, student days in Leipzig and Strassburg, the writing of Götz von Berlichingen, the Darmstadt circle around Merck, and the summer at Wetzlar with Charlotte Buff that lay behind Werther.
A lucid, well-documented introduction to Goethe’s early life for readers of German literature. Download the free EPUB.