World Classics for Young Readers Series (Full Color Edition) - William Meister

Author: Goethe
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: Goethe (1749–1832), a great German poet, playwright, and thinker, achieved outstanding accomplishments in many fields such as poetry, drama, fiction, literary theory, philosophy, history, fine arts, and natural sciences. His major works include the long narrative poem drama Faust and the autobiographical novel The Sorrows of Young Werther. William Meister is an important work completed by Goethe between 1777 and 1796. This book primarily explores the journey of the protagonist, William Meister, as he strives to grow into a German Shakespeare, pointing out that while this pursuit is beneficial, it is ultimately a wrong path. William seeks the art of drama but finds the art of life. Due to its emphasis on the art of life, this book is regarded as a pioneering work in 18th-century German educational novels and is celebrated as the best of educational novels in German literature.