Universal Classics Library
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781150414879
Paperback|9781150414879
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... rockets. I am uncomfortable when I look at it; and I dread lest I should once more experience the peculiar mental state from which it was produced." I reminded him of his conversation with Napoleon, of which I knew by the sketch among his unpublished papers, which I had repeatedly urged him to give more in detail. "Napoleon," said I, "pointed out to you a passage in Werther, which, it appeared to him, would not stand a strict examination; and this you allowed. I should much like to know what passage he meant." Guess " said Goethe, with a mysterious smile. "Now," said I, "I almost think it is where Charlotte sends the pistols to Werther, without saying a word to Albert, and without imparting to him her misgivings and apprehensions. You have given yourself great trouble to find a motive for this silence, but it does not appear to hold good against the urgent necessity where the life of the friend was at stake." "Your remark," returned Goethe, "is really not bad; but I do not think it right to reveal whether Napoleon meant this passage or another. However, be that as it may, your observation is quite as correct as his." I asked the question, whether the great effect produced by the appearance of "Werther" was really to be attributed to the period. "I cannot," said I, "reconcile to myself this view, though it is so extensively spread. Werther made an epoch because it appeared--not because it appeared at a certain time. There is in every period so much unexpressed sorrow--so much secret discontent and disgust for life, and, in single individuals, there are so many disagreements with the world--so many conflicts between their natures and civil regulations, that Werther would make an epoch even if it appeared today for the first time...".
| ISBN-13 | 9781150414879 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1150414871 |
| Weight | 0.89 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.61 In |
| List Price | $22.72 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 270 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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