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| Contents | ||
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| Book the First.1749 to 1765 | ||
| I. | Parentage | 3 |
| II. | The Precocious Child | 15 |
| III. | Early Experiences | 27 |
| IV. | Various Studies | 38 |
| V. | The Child Is Father to the Man | 46 |
Book the Second.1765 to 1771 | ||
| I. | The Leipsic Student | 53 |
| II. | Mental Characteristics | 72 |
| III. | Art Studies | 78 |
| IV. | Return Home | 84 |
| V. | Strasburg | 93 |
| VI. | Herder and Frederika | 113 |
Book the Third.1771 to 1775 | ||
| I. | Doctor Goethe’s Return | 139 |
| II. | Gotz von Berlichingen | 151 |
| III. | Wetzlar | 161 |
| IV. | Preparations for Werther | 180 |
| V. | Werther | 206 |
| VI. | The Literary Lion | 227 |
| VII. | Lili | 255 |
Book the Fourth.1775 to 1779 | ||
| I. | Weimar in the Eighteenth Century | 271 |
| II. | The Notabilities of Weimar | 289 |
| III. | The First Wild Weeks at Weimar | 300 |
| IV. | The Frau von Stein | 317 |
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