Literature

Conversations of German Refugees and Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years: The Collected Works of Goethe, Volume 10

    Edited by
  • Jane K. Brown
    Translated by
  • Jan van Heurck
  • Krishna Winston

The definitive English version of two landmark works of world literature

Paperback

Price:
$29.95/拢25.00
ISBN:
Published:
Nov 17, 2026
Pages:
448
Size:
6.13 x 9.25 in.
Illus:
1 illus.

Goethe was a master of the short prose form. His two narrative cycles, Conversations of German Refugees and Wilhelm Meister鈥檚 Journeyman Years, both written during a high point of his career, address various social issues and reveal his experimentation with narrative and perspective. A traditional cycle of novellas, Conversations of German Refugees deals with the impact and significance of the French Revolution and suggests Goethe鈥檚 ideas on the social function of his art. Goethe鈥檚 last novel, Wilhelm Meister鈥檚 Journeyman Years is a sequel to Wilhelm Meister鈥檚 Apprenticeship and Conversations of German Refugees and is considered his most remarkable novel in form.

The Collected Works of Goethe presents modern translations of a representative portion of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe鈥檚 vast body of work. Selected from more than 140 volumes in German, this twelve-volume series remains the standard collection in English and features poetry, drama, fiction, memoir, criticism, and scientific writing.