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Friedrich Schiller

Born

in Marbach am Neckar, duchy of Württemberg

November 10, 1759

Died

May 09, 1805

Genre

Poetry, Fiction, Philosophy

Influences

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, William Shakespeare, James Macpherson ...more

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People best know long didactic poems and historical plays, such as Don Carlos (1787) and William Tell (1804), of leading romanticist German poet, dramatist, and historian Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller.

This philosopher and dramatist struck up a productive if complicated friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe during the last eighteen years of his life and encouraged Goethe to finish works that he left merely as sketches; they greatly discussed issues concerning aesthetics and thus gave way to a period, now referred to as classicism of Weimar. They also worked together on Die Xenien ( The Xenies ), a collection of short but harsh satires that verbally attacked perceived enemies of the ...more

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Friedrich Schiller’s books

Average rating: 3.38 · 62,001 ratings · 2,767 reviews · 5,712 distinct works • Similar authors

	Die Räuber 3.41 avg rating — 13,729 ratings — published 1781 — 518 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kabale und Liebe 3.07 avg rating — 13,951 ratings — published 1784 — 112 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maria Stuart 3.47 avg rating — 11,248 ratings — published 1800 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wilhelm Tell 3.22 avg rating — 9,619 ratings — published 1804 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don Karlos: Infant von Spanien 3.51 avg rating — 2,261 ratings — published 1787 — 391 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Aesthetic Education of Man by Friedrich Schiller, Reginald Snell (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 1,944 ratings — published 1794	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Jungfrau von Orleans 3.48 avg rating — 1,616 ratings — published 1801 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre 3.28 avg rating — 1,018 ratings — published 1786 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ghost-seer 3.27 avg rating — 814 ratings — published 1787 — 197 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Robbers / Wallenstein by Friedrich Schiller, F.J. Lamport (Introduction) 3.84 avg rating — 446 ratings — published 1979 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Friedrich Schiller

Poet of Freedom (4 books)
by

Friedrich Schiller,

Helga Zepp-Larouche,

Marianna Wertz (Translator),

William Wertz (Translator),

George Gregory (Translator),

Anita Gallagher (Goodreads Author) (Translator)

4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings

Quotes by Friedrich Schiller (?)

“Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?”
― Friedrich Schiller, Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua

tags: lion, roar, sleeping

321 likes

“To save all we must risk all.”
― Friedrich von Schiller, Fiesco; or, the Genoese Conspiracy

tags: inspirational, risk, save

174 likes

“The joke loses everything when the joker laughs himself.”
― Friedrich von Schiller, Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua

tags: joke, joker, laughter

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Sefiller - Victor Hugo 1862, 1724 sayfa

22 votes 34.4%

Middlemarch - George Eliot 1871, 952 sayfa

20 votes 31.3%

Wilhelm Tell - Friedrich Schiller 1804, 176 sayfa

13 votes 20.3%

Pinokyo - Carlo Collodi 1880, 200 sayfa

9 votes 14.1%

64 total votes

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