Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is an autobiography written between 1811-1833. Goethe chronicles his first twenty-six years, from childhood in Frankfurt through passionate love affairs to his departure for Weimar in 1775. Blending scientific observation, historical context, and artistic license, he deliberately selected and shaped memories—some factual, some fictional—to create a vivid portrait of his development as a poet. The title itself warns readers:
this is both truth and creative fiction interwoven. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 |
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| Translator | Oxenford, John, 1812-1877 |
| Uniform Title | Aus meinem Leben. English |
| Title | Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichtung_und_Wahrheit |
| Credits | Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 57.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | CT: History: Biography |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Autobiographies |
| Subject | Authors, German -- 18th century -- Biography |
| Subject | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 |
| Subject | Authors, German -- 19th century -- Biography |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 5733 |
| Release Date | May 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 29, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 591 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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