The Collected Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe E-Book

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Faust • Erotica Romana • The Sorrows of Young Werther • Maxims and Reflections • Representative Men: Seven LecturesRalph Waldo Emerson • Faust — Part • Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books • Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe • Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels • Iphigenia in Tauris • The Poems of Goethe, Translated in the Original Metres • Aus meinem Leben. English • Man or MatterErnst Lehrs • Egmont • Hermann and Dorothea • Biographical EssaysThomas De Quincey

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Table of Contents

THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER

PREFACE

BOOK I

BOOK II.

WILHELM MEISTER'S

APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAVELS.

CONTENTS.

TO THE READER.

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE

First Edition of Meister's Apprenticeship.

MEISTER'S APPRENTICESHIP.

BOOK I.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER XVII.

BOOK II.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIV.

BOOK III.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

BOOK IV.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER XVII.

CHAPTER XVIII.

CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER XX.

BOOK V.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XVI.

BOOK VI.

CONFESSIONS OF A FAIR SAINT.

BOOK VII.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

FAUST

Preface

AN GOETHE

DEDICATION

PRELUDE AT THE THEATRE

PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN

FIRST PART OF THE TRAGEDY

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

XIV

XV

XVI

XVII

XVIII

XIX

XX

XXI

Under the old ribs of the rock retreating

XXII

XXIII

Roll the devilish eyes wrathfully in thy head

XXIV

XXV

If the grave is there, Death lying in wait, then come!

FAUST

A TRAGEDY

WITH NOTES

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.

DEDICATION.[1]

PRELUDE

IN THE THEATRE.

PROLOGUE

IN HEAVEN.

FAUST.

BEFORE THE GATE.

STUDY-CHAMBER.

STUDY-CHAMBER.

FAUST. MEPHISTOPHELES.

AUERBACH'S CELLAR IN LEIPSIC.[20]

WITCHES' KITCHEN.

FAUST. MEPHISTOPHELES.

A STREET.

EVENING.

FAUST. MEPHISTOPHELES.

PROMENADE.

THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.

STREET.

FAUST. MEPHISTOPHELES.

GARDEN.

A SUMMER-HOUSE.

WOODS AND CAVERN.

MARGERY'S ROOM.

MARTHA'S GARDEN.

MARGARET. FAUST.

AT THE WELL.

DONJON.[27]

NIGHT.

FAUST. MEPHISTOPHELES.

CATHEDRAL.

WALPURGIS NIGHT.[32]

FAUST. MEPHISTOPHELES.

WALPURGIS-NIGHT'S DREAM, OR OBERON AND TITANIA'S GOLDEN NUPTIALS.

DREARY DAY.[46]

FAUST. MEPHISTOPHELES.

NIGHT. OPEN FIELD.

PRISON.

EGMONT

A Tragedy In Five Acts

Contents

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

EGMONT

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

ACT IV

ACT V

THE WORKS OF JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

TRUTH AND FICTION RELATING TO MY LIFE

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

TRANSLATED BY JOHN OXENFORD

VOLUME I.

PHILADELPHIA AND CHICAGO J. H. MOORE AND COMPANY

INTRODUCTION.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY TRUTH AND FICTION RELATING TO MY LIFE

AUTHOR'S PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

PART THE FIRST.

FIRST BOOK

SECOND BOOK

THIRD BOOK

FOURTH BOOK

FIFTH BOOK

PART THE SECOND.

SIXTH BOOK

SEVENTH BOOK

EIGHTH BOOK

NINTH BOOK

PART THE FIRST

FIRST BOOK.

SECOND BOOK.

THE NEW PARIS.

A BOY'S LEGEND.

THIRD BOOK.

FOURTH BOOK.

FIFTH BOOK.

PART THE SECOND.

SIXTH BOOK.

SEVENTH BOOK.

EIGHTH BOOK.

NINTH BOOK.

EROTICA ROMANA

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

XIV

XV

XVI

XVII

XVIII

XIX

XX

XXI

XXII

XXIII

XXIV

ABOUT THE ELEGIES

HERMANN AND DOROTHEA

Contents

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

HERMANN AND DOROTHEA

TERPSICHORE

HERMANN

THALIA

THE CITIZENS

EUTERPE

MOTHER AND SON

POLYHYMNIA

THE CITIZEN OF THE WORLD

CLIO

THE AGE

ERATO

DOROTHEA

MELPOMENE

HERMANN AND DOROTHEA

URANIA

PROSPECT

Iphigenia In Tauris

Translated by

ANNA SWANWICK

IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS.

PERSONS OF THE DRAMA.

IPHIGENIA. THOAS, King of the Taurians. ORESTES. PYLADES. ARKAS.

ACT THE FIRST.

SCENE I.

ACT THE SECOND.

ACT THE THIRD.

ACT THE FOURTH.

ACT THE FIFTH.

THE MAXIMS AND REFLECTIONS

TRANSLATED BY BAILEY SAUNDERS

WITH A PREFACE

NEW YORK

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1906

CONTENTS

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE

I

II

III

LIFE AND CHARACTER

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

LITERATURE AND ART

SCIENCE

NATURE: APHORISMS

THE TRANSLATOR'S ORIGINAL DEDICATION.

TO THE COUNTESS GRANVILLE.

MY DEAR LADY GRANVILLE,—

ORIGINAL PREFACE.

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

CONTENTS.

PROVERBS TAME XENIA

VENETIAN EPIGRAMS.

WEST-EASTERN DIVAN.

Scene the last From Iphigenia in Tauris :—

L'ENVOI

LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS OF GOETHE, WITH THE DATES OF THEIR COMPOSITION.

I. DRAMATIC WORKS.

Part II. Tragedy completed in………….. 1831 Elpenor, a Fragment, Tragedy…………………. 1781─3 Iphigenia auf Tauris, Classical drama…………. 1786─7 Torquato Tasso, Classical drama………………. 1787─9 The Natural Daughter, Tragedy………………… 1799─1803 Gotz von Berlichingen, Prose drama……………. 1773 Egmont, Tragedy…………………………….. 1775─87 Clavigo, Tragedy……………………………. 1774 Stella, Tragedy…………………………….. 1774 The Brother and Sister, Prose drama…………… 1776 The Wager, Comedy…………………………… 1812 The Gross-Cophta, Comedy…………………….. 1789 The Burgher-General, Comedy………………….. 1793 The Rebels, Political drama………………….. 1793 The Triumph of Sensibility, Dramatic whim……… 1777 The Birds, after Aristophanes, Comedy…………. 1780 Erwin and Elmire, Melodrama………………….. 1775─88 Claudine von Villa Bella, Melodrama…………… 1775─88 Jery and Bately, Melodrama…………………… 1779 Lila, Melodrama…………………………….. 1777─8 The Fisher-Girl, Melodrama…………………… 1782 Sport. Cunning, and Revenge, Opera Buffa………. 1785 What we're bringing, Prelude…………………. 1802 Pandora, Drama……………………………… 1807─8

II. PROSE WORKS.

TITLE DATE,

ROMANCES AND NOVELS:—

III. POETICAL WORKS.

THE POEMS OF GOETHE.

DEDICATION.

THE INDIFFERENT.

THE TENDER.

THE INDIFFERENT.

THE TENDER.

THE LADY.

THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN.

THE EXPERIENCED.

THE CONTENTED.

THE MERRY COUNSEL.

THE MAIDEN.

THE YOUTH.

THE LANGUISHING.

THE HUNTER.

HIS COMRADE.

FAMILIAR SONGS.

ON THE NEW YEAR.

LEADER.

TRIO.

CHORUS.

BALLADS.

OF THE BANISHED AND RETURNING COUNT.

THE DAM BREAKS DOWN, THE ICE-PLAIN GROWLS, THE FLOODS ARISE, THE WATER HOWLS.

THE DAM DISSOLVES, THE ICE-PLAIN GROWLS, THE FLOODS DASH ON, THE WATER HOWLS.

THE DAM DISAPPEARS, THE WATER GROWLS, LIKE OCEAN BILLOWS IT HEAVES AND HOWLS.

THE DAM DISAPPEAR'D,—LIKE A SEA IT GROWLS, ROUND THE HILLOCK IN CIRCLING EDDIES IT HOWLS.

NO DAM, NO PLAIN! TO MARK THE PLACE SOME STRAGGLING TREES ARE THE ONLY TRACE.

THE BEAUTEOUS FLOWER.

SONG OF THE IMPRISONED COUNT.

COUNT.

THE ROSE.

COUNT.

THE LILY.

COUNT.

THE PINK.

COUNT.

THE VIOLET.

COUNT.

THE SPINNER.

PAGE.

MILLER'S DAUGHTER.

MILLER'S DAUGHTER.

YOUTH.

MILLSTREAM.

YOUTH.

MILLSTREAM.

YOUTH.

MILLSTREAM.

YOUTH.

MILLSTREAM.

YOUTH.

THE MAID OF THE MILL'S TREACHERY.

YOUTH.

GIPSY.

YOUTH.

GIPSY.

YOUTH.

GIPSY.

THE POET.

THE MAID OF THE MILL.

YOUTH.

THE MAID OF THE MILL.

BOTH.

AN INDIAN LEGEND.

I. THE PARIAH S PRAYER.

MENALCAS.

DAMON.

MENALCAS.

DAMON.

MENALCAS.

ALL.

CHORUS OF DRUIDS.

ODES.

TO MY FRIEND.

FIRST ODE.

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

AFTER ANACREON.

BE A MAN, NOR SEEK TO FOLLOW ME.

I. TO WERTHER.

II. ELEGY.

III. ATONEMENT.

SONNETS.

MY ONLY BEING! DEAREST HEART! SWEET CHILD!

THE DOUBTERS.

THE LOVERS.

EPIGRAMS.

TO ORIGINALS.

PARABLES.

I.

II

CONFLICT OF WIT AND BEAUTY.

III.

RAIN AND RAINBOW.

VALEDICTION.

I.

II.

GOD, SOUL, AND WORLD.

PROVERBS.

RELIGION AND CHURCH.

ANTIQUES.

ELEGIES.

ROMAN ELEGIES.

ALEXIS AND DORA.

FATE AND SYMPATHY.

HERMANN.

THE BURGHERS.

MOTHER AND SON.

THE COSMOPOLITE.

THE AGE.

DOROTHEA.

HERMANN AND DOROTHEA.

CONCLUSION.

BOOK OF THE MINSTREL.

TALISMANS.

BOOK OF HAFIS.

THE UNLIMITED.

BOOK OF LOVE.

THE TYPES.

BOOK OF CONTEMPLATION.

FIVE THINGS.

BOOK OF GLOOM.

BOOK OF PROVERBS.

BOOK OF TIMUR.

THE WINTER AND TIMUR.

BOOK OF SULEIKA.

HATEM.

THE CONVIVIAL BOOK.

BOOK OF PARABLES.

BOOK OF THE PARSEES.

THE BEQUEST OF THE ANCIENT PERSIAN FAITH.

BOOK OF PARADISE.

THE PRIVILEGED MEN.

AFTER THE BATTLE OF BADE, BENEATH THE CANOPY OF HEAVEN.

SONGS FROM VARIOUS PLAYS, ETC

I. DEDICATION.

II. PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN.

THE ARCHANGELS' SONG.

RAPHAEL.

GABRIEL.

MICHAEL.

THE THREE.

III. CHORUS OF ANGELS.

CHORUS OF WOMEN.

CHORUS OF ANGELS.

CHORUS OF YOUTHS.

CHORUS OF ANGELS.

IV. CHORUS OF SPIRITS.

V. MARGARET AT HER SPINNING-WHEEL.

VI. SCENE—A GARDEN,

MARGARET.

FAUST.

MARGARET.

FAUST.

FROM FAUST—SECOND PART.

I.

ARIEL.

II. CHORUS OF SPIRITS.

III. ARIEL.

SCENE THE LAST.

THE YOUNGER ANGELS.

THE MORE PERFECT ANGELS.

THE YOUNGER ANGELS.

THE BEATIFIED CHILDREN.

CHORUS OF PENITENT WOMEN.

THE THREE.

MATER GLORIOSA.

CHORUS MYSTICS.

ACT IV. SCENE 5.

SONG OF THE FATES.

ACT II.

FROM EGMONT.

ACT I.

ACT III.

FROM "WILHELM MEISTER'S APPRENTICESHIP."

BOOK II., CHAP. XIII.

THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER

By J.W. von Goethe

Translated by R.D. Boylan   

PREFACE

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.

BOOK I

MAY 4.

How happy I am that I am gone! My dear friend, what a thing is the heart of man! To leave you, from whom I have been inseparable, whom I love so dearly, and yet to feel happy! I know you will forgive me. Have not other attachments been specially appointed by fate to torment a head like mine? Poor Leonora! and yet I was not to blame. Was it my fault, that, whilst the peculiar charms of her sister afforded me an agreeable entertainment, a passion for me was engendered in her feeble heart? And yet am I wholly blameless? Did I not encourage her emotions? Did I not feel charmed at those truly genuine expressions of nature, which, though but little mirthful in reality, so often amused us? Did I not—but oh! what is man, that he dares so to accuse himself? My dear friend I promise you I will improve; I will no longer, as has ever been my habit, continue to ruminate on every petty vexation which fortune may dispense; I will enjoy the present, and the past shall be for me the past. No doubt you are right, my best of friends, there would be far less suffering amongst mankind, if men—and God knows why they are so fashioned—did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity. Be kind enough to inform my mother that I shall attend to her business to the best of my ability, and shall give her the earliest information about it. I have seen my aunt, and find that she is very far from being the disagreeable person our friends allege her to be. She is a lively, cheerful woman, with the best of hearts. I explained to her my mother's wrongs with regard to that part of her portion which has been withheld from her. She told me the motives and reasons of her own conduct, and the terms on which she is willing to give up the whole, and to do more than we have asked. In short, I cannot write further upon this subject at present; only assure my mother that all will go on well. And I have again observed, my dear friend, in this trifling affair, that misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice and wickedness. At all events, the two latter are of less frequent occurrence.