Quotes from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's books, and about them
The Sorrows of Young Werther on The Vicar of Wakefield: “I endeavoured to conceal the emotion which these words occasioned, but it was of slight avail; for, when she had expressed so truly her opinion of "The Vicar of Wakefield," and of other works, the names of which I omit”
The Sorrows of Young Werther on The Poems of Ossian: “"There in my drawer," she continued, "you will find your own translation of some of the songs of Ossian. I have not yet read them, as I have still hoped to hear you recite them; but, for some time past, I have not been able to accomplish such a wish."”
Faust on Dies Irae: “CHORUS Diesira, dies illa, Solvet soeclum in favilla! (Sound of the organ.)”
Faust on The Key of Solomon: “O, now am I sure of thee! For all of thy half-hellish brood The Key of Solomon is good.”
Napoleon: A Life on The Sorrows of Young Werther: “it was either consciously or unconsciously influenced by Goethe's celebrated novel of 1774, The Sorrows of Young Werther, which Napoleon read no fewer than six times during the Egyptian campaign”
Vanity Fair on The Sorrows of Young Werther: “a country where Werther is still read and the Wahlverwandtschaften of Goethe is considered an edifying moral book”
Castle Rackrent on The Sorrows of Young Werther: “What is it you’re reading there? Did you hear me asking you, my dear?’ ‘THE SORROWS OF WERTHER,’ replies my lady, as well as I could hear.”
2666 on The Sorrows of Young Werther: “a teacher recommended that he read The Sorrows of Young Werther, in whose hero he would find a kindred spirit.”
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