← Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe Sorrows of Young Wertherby Johann Wolfgang von GoetheEpistolary novel of youthful passion, longing, and suicideFind on Amazon↗About the authorJohann Wolfgang von GoetheGerman poet, novelist, and scientist who is considered the greatest figure in German literature. Faust is the supreme work in German, and his lyric poems including Mignon and Prometheus are matchlessly beautiful.More by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheFaustTragedy of a scholar who sells his soul for forbidden knowledge→Iphigenie auf TaurisClassical drama of a priestess reunited with her brother→West-Ostlicher DivanPoetry collection blending Persian and Western poetic traditions→Collected PoemsComprehensive selection of poems spanning his career→