Goethe, Wolfgang Johann & Mann, Thomas [afterword] — Die Wahlverwandtschaften
Deutsche Buch Gemeinschaft, Berlin 1932 1st edition thus. Quarter calf, VG. 331pp, 6 b/w plates after etchings by Hans Meid, 217pp, spine rubbed & marked. Goethe's best and at the same time his most enigmatic novel which tells the story of Charlotte and Eduard, a couple living in seclusion, whose marriage falls apart when two other people join them. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [ 1749 - 1832 ] German polymath, widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language.