Johann Wolfgang von Goethe produced a vast amount of literary works, many of which are now recognised as some of the best of the modern German language. In 1773 Goethe wrote the tragedy Götz von Berlichingen which went on to get him great recognition. The novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther, of 1774 increased his reputation as a wonderful writer in the Sturm und Drang period which heralded the early phase of Romanticism. In fact, The Sorrows of Young Werther is often said to be the spark which initiated the movement and is often referred to as the world’s first best-seller.
Goethe met Schiller in Weimar and in the years of their friendship, Goethe produced a canon of wonderful works. It was in this period that Goethe wrote Wilhelm Meister’s Journeyman Years, Hermann and Dorothea, the Roman Elegies, and The Natural Daughter. Between Schiller’s death in 1805 and his own death, Goethe wrote Faust Part One, the West-Eastern Divan, and Elective Affinities. Why not use your Tesco Discount codes to buy yourself one of his many wonderful pieces of work?