The Sorrows of Young Werther (Die Leiden des jungen Werthers) is an epistolary and loosely autobiographical novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774; a revised edition of the novel was published in 1787.
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His fourteen hundred Maxims and Reflections reveal some of his deepest thought on art, ethics, literature and natural science, but also his immediate reactions to books, chance encounters or his administrative work.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Enduring legend of the old philosopher who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is a tragic play in 2 parts usually known in English as Faust, Part One and Faust, Part Two.
First published in 1774, it reappeared as a revised edition in 1787. It was one of the most important novels in the Sturm und Drang period in German literature, and influenced the later Romantic movement.