by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Oneworld Classics Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781847490513
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«Wilhelm Meister» is the bildungsroman by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published by Oneworld Classics in paperback (640 pages, in English).
Wilhelm, son of a merchant, is drawn to the world of theatre and dreams of becoming an actor and playwright. Along his path, love, desire, and conflicts with his own past unfold, in a journey of self-discovery that portrays theatrical life at the end of the eighteenth century.
«Wilhelm Meister» was originally published as «Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre» in 1795; this English edition uses the translation by H. M. Waidson and opens the Wilhelm Meister series.
Aimed at readers of European classics and students of German literature interested in the Bildungsroman.
German writer, scientist and statesman, the towering figure of German-language literature and author of Faust and The Sorrows of Young Werther.
