Wilhelm Meister
Americannoun
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She appeals to Wilhelm Meister to rescue her.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 20, 2018
Still, good is never as glamorous as evil, and Wilhelm Meister comes across as a little dull and worthy compared with the hero of Goethe’s most celebrated and canonical work, “Faust.”
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 1, 2016
We embarked with a thousand adieus from the pleased people, and altogether it was more like a scene from Wilhelm Meister, than a passage from real life.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker
He employed himself at intervals upon a life of Schiller and a translation of Wilhelm Meister.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
Three years later R. W. E. gave me "Wilhelm Meister," and from that day Goethe has been my chief idol.–L.
From Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals by Alcott, Louisa May
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