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Anonymous Thu Sep 17 00:14:01 2015 No.7125464 [Reply] [Original]

What is a good edition of The Sorrows of Young Werther?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 10:58:51 2015 No.7126810 bump

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 11:00:46 2015 No.7126815 >>7126810 >not reading Goethe in Reclam

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 11:01:49 2015 No.7126822 The Croatian translation is my favorite

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 11:03:20 2015 No.7126829 File: 1.18 MB, 2948x2332, Goethe_1774.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7126822 The 1774 first edition is also essential, if you don't own a copy, you can't call yourself a Goethe fan

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 11:50:52 2015 No.7126939 how good is Oxford's world classics?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 12:51:32 2015 No.7127108 >>7126939 bump

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 13:11:50 2015 No.7127156 >>7126939 Reading this now.. Oxford and vintage are my favourites when it comes to classics and translations.. Would love to read the original german tho tbh fam..

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 16:45:47 2015 No.7127956 >>7126822 why is it your favorite?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 18:04:35 2015 No.7128318 I got the Alma Classics edition I don't know if it's the best translation, I bought the book on a whim.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 17 20:29:26 2015 No.7128860 >>7128318 I read Alma's edition and thought it was very good. Their translations are always excellent.