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Goethe's Faust | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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This was so enthralling and wonderful to listen to. I highly recommend it. It has the weight and feel and Shakespeare, but the language is far more modern. The translator did an amazing job of keeping the rhythm of the original German poetry in the English.
#Goethe #Faust #DrQuinnReadingList #poetry #play #classicliterature

Bookwomble And Samuel West and Toby Jones are both such great actors. I bet they were good in their roles! 3w

GingerAntics @Bookwomble absolutely brilliant! They really brought it to life. I adored every minute of it. 3w

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GingerAntics

Goethe's Faust | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

This has been on my TBR since 2019. I started it after finishing Herod while donating plasma today. I‘m already 77% of the way through. It‘s fast paced. It‘s compelling. It has the feeling of Shakespeare, with far more modern English. This translation has done a marvellous job of keeping the rhythm of the original German poetry. 100% recommend so far. Would love to do this as a group read at some point. I just wanted to share this brilliance.

GingerAntics Thanks Dr. Quinn for putting this book on my radar! #Goethe #Faust #DrQuinnReadingList #poetry #play #classicliterature 4w

TheBookHippie Oh I love this!!! 4w

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I am adoring every second of this! 4w

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julesG Had to read and dissect/interpret it in school. Both parts. And, if course, we had to look at other works where a character struck a bargain with the devil. 4w

GingerAntics @julesG he is a German author, so that makes sense. Yeah, we get Shakespeare and if you were lucky, you MIGHT have been introduced to a little Mark Twain. That‘s about it. Everything else was modern. Then again, this is America. No one would stand for a man striking a bargain with the devil. It might corrupt the children. 🙄 (edited) 3w

julesG 🤣🤣 3w

julesG I think we read some Marlow too. Apart from Shakespeare. 3w

GingerAntics @julesG oooh I read some Marlow in grad school. I‘m trying to remember which ones now… 🤔 🧐 3w

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Lcsmcat

Faust by Johann Wolfang Von Goethe: Translated by Bayard Taylor Illustrated by Harry Clarke | Johann von Goethe

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More accessible than I expected and with moments of humor that reminded me of Shakespeare. Mephistopheles as a poodle is an image I won‘t soon forget! I knew the story from the opera, but I‘m glad I read the play. #readYourKobo @CBee

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Rome753

Goethe's Faust | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

My local library was having a used book sale today. Managed to pick uup several books for only $5.

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Lunakay

Italienische Reise | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Herbert von Einem

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@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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Surprisingly tough prompt, but reminded me I should read this some time😂

Is there a classics challenge/event on Litsy?🧐🤔

julesG Feels like a lifetime ago that I read this one. 12mo

Dilara I don't think I've come across a classics challenge as such on Litsy. I'd be interested though 😇 12mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 📚🛞💙 12mo

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Eggs 🛞🖤👌🏼 12mo

Lunakay @Dilara Cool, will consider setting it up for next year, my 2024 is somewhat over-challenged😉 12mo

Dilara @Lunakay 👍 12mo

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Liz_M

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Fiction, Literary, Classics | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Wilhelm Meister is going slowly, I can't seem to get into it. SaGN is rather wordy and dense in a different way, but fun. And the short stories are a nice late night read.

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Daisey

Sorrows of Young Werther | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Well, that was rather depressing. I also think Goethe is a bit too philosophical for me to truly enjoy. I appreciated this story of love gone wrong, but I can‘t say I enjoyed it. Additionally, the narrator read clearly but also had the perfect voice to put me to sleep, so I headed out for a walk to finish it.

📷: Here‘s a picture of a very happy beagle to go with the unhappy ending to Werther‘s story.

#1001books #audiobook #translated #audiowalk

dabbe Da cutest beagle around! Looks like you're being taken on the walk, not the other way around! 💙🐾💚 2y

Graywacke Love your happy pup! 2y

Daisey @dabbe We take turns. 😂 Sometimes she excitedly leads and sometimes I make her continue on our way. Never a dull walk with a hound checking out her surroundings. 2y

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Daisey @Graywacke Thanks! We haven‘t had much time for long walks lately, and it was a beautiful day, so we both very much enjoyed it. 2y

SamAnne Yeah, I would prefer the company of your Beagle to Goethe! 2y

dabbe @Daisey From the once-owner of two greyHOUNDS, I totally agree! 🤣😍🤗 2y

MariaW Why do you think there was a “Werthermania”, it being fancy to commit suicide due to a general longing back in the days after the book was published? Because most readers were depressed after reading it. 🙈 2y

Daisey @MariaW I read about that when I first looked up the book and thought it was ridiculous, but after reading it I understand how someone dealing with unrequited love could decide to copy it. So depressing. 2y

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CogsOfEncouragement

The Sorrows of Young Werther | Wolfgang Goethe

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Goethe wrote this tragedy of extreme infatuation in 1774 to deal with his own experience of unrequited love.

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