{"product_id":"9780375410444","title":"Selected Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe","description":"\u003cb\u003eA stunning hardcover edition of Goethe's four major works, together with a selection of his finest letters and poems. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the towering figures of world literature, Goethe has never held quite as prominent a place in the English-speaking world as he deserves. This collection shows that he is not only one of the very greatest European writers: he is also accessible, entertaining, and contemporary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSorrows of Young Werther\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of self-destructive love that made its author a celebrity overnight at the age of twenty-five. Its exploration of the conflicts between ideas and feelings, between circumstance and desire, continues in his controversial novel probing the institution of marriage, \u003ci\u003eElective Affinities\u003c\/i\u003e. The cosmic drama of \u003ci\u003eFaust\u003c\/i\u003e goes far beyond the realism of the novels in a poetic exploration of good and evil, while \u003ci\u003eItalian Journey\u003c\/i\u003e, written in the author’s old age, recalls his youth in Italy and the impact of Mediterranean culture on a young northerner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslators include W. H. Auden, Louise Bogan, David Constantine, Barker Fairley, and Elizabeth Mayer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a jacket. Everyman’s Library Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.","brand":"Johann Wolfgang von Goethe","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":48438437150932,"sku":"9780375410444","price":64.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_67e0e468-c039-47bb-91c8-edf443d6ba64.jpg?v=1786149487","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780375410444","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}