Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von; Blackall, Eric A.; Lange, Victor

• ISBN13: 9780691043449
• ISBN10: 0691043442
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-04-03
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, a novel of self-realization greatly admired by the Romantics, has been called the firstBildungsromanand 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 world of economics and seeks fulfillment as an actor and playwright. Along with Eric Blackall's fresh translation of the work, this edition contains notes and an afterword by the translator that aims to put this novel into historical and artistic perspective for twentieth-century readers while showing how it defies categorization.

Table of Contents

BOOK ONE	1	(40)
Chapter One	1	(1)
Chapter Two	2	(2)
Chapter Three	4	(2)
Chapter Four	6	(1)
Chapter Five	7	(2)
Chapter Six	9	(2)
Chapter Seven	11	(2)
Chapter Eight	13	(2)
Chapter Nine	15	(2)
Chapter Ten	17	(3)
Chapter Eleven	20	(2)
Chapter Twelve	22	(1)
Chapter Thirteen	23	(4)
Chapter Fourteen	27	(3)
Chapter Fifteen	30	(4)
Chapter Sixteen	34	(2)
Chapter Seventeen	36	(5)
BOOK TWO	41	(42)
Chapter One	41	(1)
Chapter Two	42	(5)
Chapter Three	47	(2)
Chapter Four	49	(10)
Chapter Five	59	(1)
Chapter Six	60	(1)
Chapter Seven	61	(3)
Chapter Eight	64	(1)
Chapter Nine	65	(4)
Chapter Ten	69	(2)
Chapter Eleven	71	(4)
Chapter Twelve	75	(2)
Chapter Thirteen	77	(2)
Chapter Fourteen	79	(4)
BOOK THREE	83	(36)
Chapter One	83	(4)
Chapter Two	87	(3)
Chapter Three	90	(3)
Chapter Four	93	(2)
Chapter Five	95	(1)
Chapter Six	96	(3)
Chapter Seven	99	(2)
Chapter Eight	101	(4)
Chapter Nine	105	(4)
Chapter Ten	109	(3)
Chapter Eleven	112	(3)
Chapter Twelve	115	(4)
BOOK FOUR	119	(50)
Chapter One	119	(4)
Chapter Two	123	(4)
Chapter Three	127	(2)
Chapter Four	129	(2)
Chapter Five	131	(2)
Chapter Six	133	(2)
Chapter Seven	135	(1)
Chapter Eight	136	(2)
Chapter Nine	138	(2)
Chapter Ten	140	(1)
Chapter Eleven	141	(2)
Chapter Twelve	143	(1)
Chapter Thirteen	144	(2)
Chapter Fourteen	146	(2)
Chapter Fifteen	148	(4)
Chapter Sixteen	152	(6)
Chapter Seventeen	158	(2)
Chapter Eighteen	160	(3)
Chapter Nineteen	163	(3)
Chapter Twenty	166	(3)
BOOK FIVE	169	(48)
Chapter One	169	(2)
Chapter Two	171	(3)
Chapter Three	174	(2)
Chapter Four	176	(3)
Chapter Five	179	(3)
Chapter Six	182	(3)
Chapter Seven	185	(2)
Chapter Eight	187	(2)
Chapter Nine	189	(1)
Chapter Ten	190	(4)
Chapter Eleven	194	(2)
Chapter Twelve	196	(2)
Chapter Thirteen	198	(4)
Chapter Fourteen	202	(1)
Chapter Fifteen	203	(3)
Chapter Sixteen	206	(11)
BOOK SIX: CONFESSIONS OF A BEAUTIFUL SOUL	217	(40)
BOOK SEVEN	257	(48)
Chapter One	257	(4)
Chapter Two	261	(2)
Chapter Three	263	(3)
Chapter Four	266	(4)
Chapter Five	270	(3)
Chapter Six	273	(11)
Chapter Seven	284	(4)
Chapter Eight	288	(13)
Chapter Nine	301	(4)
BOOK EIGHT	305	(70)
Chapter One	305	(5)
Chapter Two	310	(6)
Chapter Three	316	(8)
Chapter Four	324	(6)
Chapter Five	330	(10)
Chapter Six	340	(5)
Chapter Seven	345	(7)
Chapter Eight	352	(2)
Chapter Nine	354	(9)
Chapter Ten	363	(12)
Notes	375	(6)
Afterword	381