How can a man come to know himself? Never by thinking, but by doing. Try to do your duty, and you will know at once what you are worth.

Viaggio in Italia è il resoconto del Gran Tour che Goethe compì in Italia a partire dal settembre del 1786 e che lo fece soggiornare a lungo nel nostro paese ....

"Hermann and Dorothea" is an epic poem written by German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe between 1796 and 1797.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22...

Wilhelm goes through deep self-realisation and decides to escape his empty life of a bourgeois businessman. After a failed romance with the theatre, Wilhelm commits himself to the...

Romanzo epistolare pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1774 e rielaborato nell'edizione attuale nel 1782. E' un romanzo in lettere e note con un solo corrispondente. Lo...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. Translated by Thomas Bailey Saunders 

Though under threat of arrest, Egmont refuses to run away and give up his ideal of liberty. Imprisoned and abandoned because of the cowardice of his people, and despite the...

Beloved by the gods for his wisdom, the demigod Tantalus was once invited to their fellowship. Becoming boisterous whilst celebrating with them, he began to boast, and he stole...

"The Sorrows of Young Werther" is an epistolary, loosely autobiographical novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...

The Sorrows of Young Werther turned Goethe, previously an unknown author, into a celebrated one almost overnight. Napoleon Bonaparte considered it one of the great works of...