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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.
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.
Elective Affinities captures European consciousness prior to the advent of Marxist thought. Goethe’s protagonists blithely ignore the struggles and inner lives of the servants and peasants who surround them, treating them like meatbags whose only decent purpose is to facilitate dinner parties and dig garden beds.
May 17, 1996 · Elective Affinities: Directed by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani. With Isabelle Huppert, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Marie Gillain. The novel (1809) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Apr 22, 2014 · In fact, Elective Affinities is the rare book that opens by spelling out what will happen by its end. The protagonists, Eduard and Charlotte, are aristocrats who have overcome loveless marriages to find true love with each other.
Mar 15, 2007 · Elective affinities : a novel. by. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Publication date. [19--?] Publisher. New York : Collier. Collection. kellylibrary; toronto.
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Aug 2, 2014 · Elective affinities. by. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Publication date. 1994. Publisher. Oxford University Press. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled.
Elective Affinities ★★½ 1996 Adaptation of Goethe's 1809 novel, which the Taviani brothers transport to their native Tuscany. Aristocratic Charlotte (Huppert) and Edouard (Anglade) reunite after 20 years and decide to marry, retiring to a country villa.
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...
