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Books by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faust. Der Tragödie erster und zweiter Teil
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
· published 1832 · read 2010-09-01
★★★☆☆
Single biggest source of (faux-)intellectual quotes in the German language. As most people, I enjoyed part one and was baffled by part two. As most people, I expect this will change over the years.
The Sorrows of Young Werther
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
· published 1774 · read 2010-05-01
★★★☆☆
Prototypical moping guy kills himself. Very tragic.
Iphigenie auf Tauris
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
· published 1786 · read 2007-09-01
★★☆☆☆
Read because the title sounded so intriguing. The plot requires you to understand some of the most convoluted absurd Greek family soap drama first. Iphigenie starts out as bored and frustrated, which felt very relatable. The rest is more of "people talk about people and hilariously don't know who they are", ad infinitum. Plus a lot of hamletian waffling between duty and inclination – ugh, really.