This collection includes three books by one of the greatest German writers and the leader of the Weimar Classicism movement.

Wilhelm Meister

A landmark in the history of European literature, Goethe’s novel is not only one of the key works of Weimar Classicism and the prototype for the Bildungs­roman genre, but also a timeless tale of coming into one’s own and a fascinating portrayal of the late-eighteenth-century theatre world.

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Partly autobiographical, and the prototype for many later Romantic works in its depiction of the sensitive, tortured hero, Goethe’s seminal classic is a timeless masterpiece of world literature.

Elective Affinities

Controversial when first published and still much critically debated today, Goethe’s Elective Affinities is an early model for the modern novel.