Title: In English, a forgotten classic....
Product review: Once on here I read a comment by someone that the American educational system is biased against works not written in English. Obviously, this is true.The greatest sin caused by this is that Americans aren't ever realy exposed to Goethe more than to read 'Faust, p. 1' once in college. This book, even in translation, is one of the most powerful books ever written: Goethe here created a psychological kind of novel that was never again equalled (though Gide's 'Straight as a Gate' and Flaubert do come close....) and NO Americans EVER read this.....Buy this book. It is haunting, beautiful, and every other adjective that you might want to lay upon it. Goethe, perhaps the world's best writer ever (even out of German, when translated well...) writes his best work in prose (in my humble estimation....) here.....Read this!
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