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Elective Affinities (German: Die Wahlverwandtschaften), also translated under the title Kindred by Choice, is the third novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published in 1809.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1809
Mar 15, 2007 · Elective affinities : a novel : Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
Elective Affinities (1809) is German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s third novel. The title is a reference to the scientific phenomenon in which types of chemicals show a preference to combine with certain substances over others.
Apr 22, 2014 · Goethe’s strange, elusive third novel, Elective Affinities. Johann Heimlich Wilhelm Tischbein, Goethe in the Roman Campagna, 1787. There were no best-seller lists in 1809, but it was quickly clear to the German reading public that Goethe’s third novel, Elective Affinities, which appeared in the fall of that year, was a flop.
Dec 15, 2008 · Elective Affinities was written when Goethe was sixty and long established as Germany's literary giant. This is a new edition of his penetrating study of marriage and passion, bringing together four people in an inexorable manner.
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- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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- Oxford University Press, USA
Elective Affinities was written when Goethe was sixty and long established as Germany's literary giant. This is a new edition of his penetrating study of marriage and passion, bringing together four people in an inexorable manner.
About Elective Affinities. Condemned as immoral when it was first published, this novel reflects the conflict Goethe felt between his respect for the conventions of marriage and the possibility of spontaneous passion.
