{"product_id":"9780375410444","title":"Selected Works","description":"\u003cp\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 of his four major works, together with a selection of his finest letters and poems, shows that he is not only one of the very greatest European writers: he is also accessible, entertaining, and contemporary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslators include W. H. Auden, Louise Bogan, David Constantine, Barker Fairley, and Elizabeth Mayer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008356565232,"sku":"9780375410444","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780375410444_p0.jpg?v=1763691338","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780375410444","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}