THE HAMBURG EDITION - REISSUED IN A BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED CASSETTE The Hamburg Goethe Edition has been the most successful edition of a German classic's works for many decades. It is the only available reading edition that contains all of Goethe's major works along with handy commentaries. Here, the 14 volumes are presented in an affordable edition with elegant binding and a beautifully designed slipcase. This edition contains a rich selection of Goethe's poems, his major dramas from "Götz von Berlichingen" to "Faust II," his novels from "The Sorrows of Young Werther" to "Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years," as well as his famous epics and novellas. It also includes autobiographical writings such as "Poetry and Truth" and Goethe's "Italian Journey," along with his best-known texts on art, literature, and natural science. The commentaries answer questions about the genesis and reception of the works, their historical context, word meanings, characters, and allusions of every kind. The Hamburg Edition has itself become a classic and remains unsurpassed as the definitive Goethe edition for literature lovers. Birthday on August 28, 2024 The only handy Goethe edition with his most important works 14 linen-bound volumes in a slipcase Biography (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, born August 28, 1749, in Frankfurt am Main, died March 22, 1832, in Weimar. He studied law in Leipzig and Strasbourg. He spent his life working in Weimar. He traveled to the Rhine, Switzerland, Italy, and Bohemia. Early successes included the Sturm und Drang plays 'Götz von Berlichingen' and 'The Sorrows of Young Werther', poems (including exquisite love lyrics), epics, dramas ('Faust', 'Tasso', 'Iphigenia', and others), and autobiographies. He was also a draftsman and polymath, specializing in botany, morphology, mineralogy, and optics. He was a theater director and statesman. He maintained friendships and correspondence with the greatest poets, thinkers, and scientists of his time (Schiller, Humboldt, Schelling, etc.). Goethe coined the term "world literature," and he is the first and, to this day, the most outstanding German to be considered one of its representatives. New product