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QUESTO LIBRO E A LAYOUT FISSOQuarto romanzo di Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Le affinita elettive, pubblicato nel 1809, e reputato uno dei capolavori dell800. Narra la vicenda di una coppia sposata che va incontro al disfacimento della propria relazione. Sposatisi dopo una serie di tormentosi eventi, Carlotta, donna moderata e tranquilla, ed Edoardo, amabile, frivolo e brillante, sembrano certi di aver raggiunto una serenita duratura. Eppure, e sufficiente lintromissione di un amico di lui e di Ottilia, orfana che Carlotta ama come una figlia, a rovinare il loro rapporto. Tra i quattro personaggi si scatenera unattrazione magnetica che guidera Edoardo verso Ottilia e Carlotta verso lamico; il destino irrompe cosi sulla scena, turbando irrimediabilmente la loro esistenza e scatenando passioni che avranno la meglio su ragione e virtu.Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832) fu nel contempo drammaturgo, poeta, scrittore, critico darte e pittore, considerato uno dei piu grandi letterati tedeschi. Tra le sue opere, si ricordano: I dolori del giovane Werther (1774); Torquato Tasso (1780-1790) e il Faust parte 1 e 2 (1797-1832)., pubblicato nel 1809, e reputato uno dei capolavori dell800.

Werther, jeune bourgeois ambitieux épris de poésie, de promenades solitaires et de tartines beurrées, rencontre un jour Charlotte. Celle-ci, fille de bailli, la plus belle de ses soeurs, est hélas fiancee a un autre, Albert, dont les qualites d'ame ne sont pas a mettre en doute. De l'amour platonique, impossible, qui unit Werther a Charlotte, Goethe fait le recit d'une jeunesse en quete d'absolu, promise a la souffrance des desillusions - un canon romantique dont le succes colossal, a sa parution, declencha une vague de suicides dans toute la jeunesse d'Europe.

Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy is the first part of Goethes Faust and is considered by many as the greatest work of German literature. It was first published in 1808. The first part of Faust is not divided into acts, but is structured as a sequence of scenes in a variety of settings. After a dedicatory poem and a prelude in the theater, the actual plot begins with a prologue in Heaven, where the Lord challenges Mephistopheles, the Devil, that Mephistopheles cannot lead astray the Lords favourite striving scholar, Dr. Faust. We then see Faust in his study, who, disappointed of science with natural means, attempts and fails to gain knowledge of nature and the universe by magical ones. The dejected Faust contemplates suicide, but is held back by the sounds of the beginning Easter celebrations. He joins his assistant Wagner for an Easter walk in the countryside, among the celebrating people, and is followed home by a poodle. Back in the study, the poodle transforms itself into Mephistopheles, who offers Faust a contract: he will do Fausts bidding on earth, and Faust will do the same for him in hell (if, as Faust adds in an important side clause, Mephisto can get him to be satisfied and to want a moment to last forever). Faust signs in blood, and Mephisto first takes him to Auerbachs tavern in Leipzig, where the devil plays tricks on some drunken revellers. Having then been transformed into a young man by a witch, Faust encounters Margaret (Gretchen) and she excites his desires. Through a scheme involving jewellery and Gretchens neighbour Marthe, Mephisto brings about Fausts and Gretchens liaison. After a period of separation, Faust seduces Gretchen, who accidentally kills her mother with a sleeping potion Faust had given her. Gretchen is pregnant, and her torment is further increased when Faust and Mephisto kill her enraged brother in a sword fight.

Ob Edel sei der Mensch, Hulfreich und gut!, Fullest wieder Busch und Tal / Still mit Nebelglanz oder Zum Sehen geboren, / Zum Schauen bestellt unzahlige Verse aus Goethes lyrischem Werk sind auch heute noch gern verwendete Bonmots. Mehr als dreitausend Gedichte schrieb Goethe, in unterschiedlichsten Formen, Traditionen und zu den verschiedensten Themen. Mit diesem an Umfang und Bedeutung auergewohnlichen Werk hat er das deutschsprachige Gedicht der Neuzeit erst eigentlich ermoglicht: Prometheus, Erlkonig oder die Sammlung West-ostlicher Divan sind Klassiker im besten Sinne des Wortes.Die 50 schonsten und bekanntesten Gedichte des Dichterfursten laden dazu ein, sein groes lyrisches Werk (wieder) zu entdecken! Mit einer kompakten Biographie des Autors.

Goethe es probablemente una de las personalidades literarias más ricas, versátiles e influyentes de todos los tiempos. Aunque quizá sea más conocido por obras como El joven Werther o Fausto, es en Las afinidades electivas donde mejor se aprecia la trascendencia de su legado.En esta novela, a caballo entre el clasicismo y el romanticismo, el matrimonio formado por Eduardo y Carlota ve su idilica y armonica existencia sacudida por la aparicion de Otilia, joven protegida de Carlota. La lealtad, la fidelidad, las afinidades, el deseo y el fantasma del adulterio se convocan en la trama de esta magnifica novela, cuya modernidad y lucidez a la hora de examinar las relaciones humanas siguen siendo sobrecogedoras.

Jetter (steps forward, and bends his cross-bow). Soest, Buyck, RuysumSoest. Come, shoot away, and have done with it! You wont beat me! Three black rings, you never made such a shot in all your life. And so Im master for this year.Jetter. Master and king to boot; who envies you? Youll have to pay double reckoning; tis only fair you should pay for your dexterity.Buyck. Jetter, Ill buy your shot, share the prize, and treat the company. I have already been here so long, and am a debtor for so many civilities. If I miss, then it shall be as if you had shot.Soest. I ought to have a voice, for in fact I am the loser. No matter! Come, Buyck, shoot away.Buyck (shoots). Now, corporal, look out!One! Two! Three! Four!Soest. Four rings! So be it!All. Hurrah! Long live the King! Hurrah! Hurrah!

Plus rien n'intéresse le docteur Faust, il a tout lu, sait tout et s'ennuie. Profitant de la situation, Méphistophélès surgit pour lui proposer un pacte diabolique. Inspirée d'une vieille légende, la

"Nature has endowed [Goethe] more generously than anyone since Shakespeare." Friedrich Schiller"[In] Werther, all the richness of [Goethes] gift was apparent The extreme, nerve-shattering sensitivity of the little book evoked a storm of applause which went beyond all bounds and fairly intoxicated the world." Thomas Mann"One of the great works of European literature." Napoleon BonaparteVisiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive and romantic young man, meets and falls in love with sweet-natured Lotte. Although he realizes that Lotte is to marry Albert, he is unable to subdue his passion for her, and his infatuation torments him to the point of absolute despair. The first great confessional novel, "The Sorrows of Young Werther" draws both on Goethes own unrequited love for Charlotte Buff and on the death of his friend Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem. Goethes sensitive exploration of the mind of a young artist at odds with soceity and ill-equipped to cope with life is now considered the first great tragic novel of European literature.

I have carefully collected whatever I have been able to learn of the story of poor Werther, and here present it to you, knowing that you will thank me for it. To his spirit and character you cannot refuse your admiration and love: to his fate you will not deny your tears.And thou, good soul, who sufferest the same distress as he endured once, draw comfort from his sorrows; and let this little book be thy friend, if, owing to fortune or through thine own fault, thou canst not find a dearer companion.

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