Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1749–1832

Faust is the West's bargain in dramatic form: to know everything and to be satisfied by nothing.

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The writings

Play

Play · 1808/1832

Faust

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Faust

1808/1832 · Tragedy · Verse drama

A scholar wagers his soul on the promise that he will never say 'stay, thou art so fair'.

Novel

Novel · 1774

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The Sorrows of Young Werther

1774 · Epistolary novel · Sturm und Drang

Letters from a young man in love with an engaged woman.