Elective Affinities by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Elective Affinities

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe with R.J. Hollingdale (Translator)

304 pages first pub 1809 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
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Condemned as immoral when it was first published, this novel reflects the conflict Goethe felt between his respect for the conventions of marriage and the possibility of spontaneous passion. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leadin...

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