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Books by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, and scientist, and is widely regarded as the central figure of German literature. He wrote The Sorrows of Young Werther at twenty-four; his other major works include the two-part drama Faust, the novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, and the poetry collection West-Eastern Divan. He was also a serious natural scientist, producing work on color theory, morphology, and plant metamorphosis. He served for decades at the Weimar court and corresponded with nearly every significant intellectual of his era.