Solitude

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Solitude by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 15, 2024.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German polymath, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a profound and wide-ranging influence on Western literary, political, and philosophical thought from the late 18th century to the present day. A poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic; his works include plays, poetry and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and color.

Edgar Alfred Bowring (translator) was a British translator, author and civil servant, serving as a librarian and registrar to the Board of Trade (1848–1863), secretary to the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, and Liberal Member of Parliament for Exeter (1868–1874). He translated various works of poetry from German into English. - Summary by Wikipedia (0 hr 16 min)

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