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Die Mitschuldigen (1798)

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Die Mitschuldigen ist ein Theaterst�����ck von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, das erstmals 1798 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das St�����ck handelt von drei jungen M�����nnern, die sich in einer kleinen Stadt treffen und beschlie�����en, gemeinsam eine Nacht durchzufeiern. W�����hrend ihrer Feierlichkeiten treffen sie auf verschiedene Charaktere, darunter eine Gruppe von Frauen, die sie zu einem Maskenball einladen. Die Nacht nimmt eine unerwartete Wendung, als einer der M�����nner beschlie�����t, ein Verbrechen zu begehen. Die anderen beiden M�����nner werden in das Verbrechen hineingezogen und m�����ssen sich schlie�����lich den Konsequenzen stellen. Das St�����ck ist eine Kom������die, die sich mit Themen wie Schuld, Verantwortung und Freundschaft auseinandersetzt. Es ist ein fr�����hes Werk von Goethe und zeigt seine F�����higkeit, komplexe Charaktere und Handlungen zu schaffen.This Book Is In German.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

98 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1787

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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A master of poetry, drama, and the novel, German writer and scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe spent 50 years on his two-part dramatic poem Faust , published in 1808 and 1832, also conducted scientific research in various fields, notably botany, and held several governmental positions.

George Eliot called him "Germany's greatest man of letters... and the last true polymath to walk the earth." Works span the fields of literature, theology, and humanism.
People laud this magnum opus as one of the peaks of world literature. Other well-known literary works include his numerous poems, the Bildungsroman Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and the epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther .

With this key figure of German literature, the movement of Weimar classicism in the late 18th and early 19th centuries coincided with Enlightenment, sentimentality (Empfindsamkeit), Sturm und Drang, and Romanticism. The author of the scientific text Theory of Colours , he influenced Darwin with his focus on plant morphology. He also long served as the privy councilor ("Geheimrat") of the duchy of Weimar.

Goethe took great interest in the literatures of England, France, Italy, classical Greece, Persia, and Arabia and originated the concept of Weltliteratur ("world literature"). Despite his major, virtually immeasurable influence on German philosophy especially on the generation of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling, he expressly and decidedly refrained from practicing philosophy in the rarefied sense.

Influence spread across Europe, and for the next century, his works inspired much music, drama, poetry and philosophy. Many persons consider Goethe the most important writer in the German language and one of the most important thinkers in western culture as well. Early in his career, however, he wondered about painting, perhaps his true vocation; late in his life, he expressed the expectation that people ultimately would remember his work in optics.

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February 2, 2023
"I know you still love me and that alone will kill me."
blumig af, kann mir gar nicht vorstellen, wie sein Gehirn alles in Alexandriner formuliert hat.
much to think about.
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April 25, 2023
Written in rimes, certainly fun to read, and seems to be quiet unknown.
Just four characters and a inn.
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December 6, 2014
I really enjoyed this book. It was funny and the writing was great. Good if you are looking for an easy and relaxing read.
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