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Preceded by. Wilhelm Meister's Theatrical Calling (Wilhelm Meisters theatralische Sendung) (1777–1785) Followed by. Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years (Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre) (1821–1829) Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship ( German: Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre) is the second novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published in 1795–96.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre
- German
- Philosophical novel
In the Apprenticeship, Wilhelm Meister is a young man who, after being disillusioned by his first love, sets out to travel. Following a series of incidents—including his rescue of a mistreated young girl from a group of traveling acrobats and his joining an acting troupe—he learns that, in a certain sense, all of life is an apprenticeship ...
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Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship is a 1795 novel by German writer and statesperson Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe. It follows a young man named Wilhelm who tries desperately to disassociate himself from the bourgeois socioeconomic class into which he was born. Wilhelm leaves his job in business, tries to start a career in theatre, and later ...
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The boy, Felix, comes into Wilhelm’s care and changes his father’s outlook on life. Wilhelm realizes that he lacks the talent to succeed in the theater. When he faces the truth about himself ...
Jun 20, 2011 · TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. TO THE. First Edition of Meister's Apprenticeship. Whether it be that the quantity of genius among ourselves and the French, and the number of works more lasting than brass produced by it, have of late been so considerable as to make us independent of additional supplies; or that, in our ancient aristocracy of intellect, we disdain to be assisted by the Germans, whom, by ...
3,212 ratings157 reviews. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, a novel of self-realization greatly admired by the Romantics, has been called the first Bildungsroman and has had a tremendous influence on the history of the German novel. The story centers on Wilhelm, a young man living in the mid-1700s who strives to break free from the restrictive ...
Wilhelm Meister (VIHL-hehlm MIS-tur), the novel’s hero, who provides continuity to an otherwise long series of vignettes. He is the son of a wealthy merchant who cannot understand his son’s ...
