1749-1765
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GOETHE'S BIRTHPLACE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON HIM 1
PERIOD OF HIS BIRTH 4
HIS FATHER 6
HIS MOTHER 8
HIS SISTER 10
FAMILY FRIENDS 11
HIS EDUCATION 12
RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES 14
THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR 18
FRENCH OCCUPATION OF FRANKFORT 19
GOETHE'S FIRST LOVE 21
DESTINED FOR THE STUDY OF LAW 23
THE BOY THE FATHER OF THE MAN 25
HIS CHARACTER AND EARLY TASTES 27
OCTOBER, 1765-SEPTEMBER, 1768
GOES TO LEIPZIG 29
HIS WILD LIFE THERE 29
SOCIETY OF LEIPZIG 31
HIS IRREGULAR STUDIES 33
ADOPTS LEIPZIG FASHIONS 35
FEMININE INFLUENCES 36
DANDYISM 37
FALLS IN LOVE WITH K?THCHEN SCH?NKOPF 38
FRIENDSHIP WITH BEHRISCH 39
HIS RELATIONS TO K?THCHEN 40
MISCELLANEOUS INTERESTS 44
FRIENDSHIP WITH OESER 46
STATE OF GERMAN LITERATURE 48
POEMS OF THE PERIOD 49
DIE LAUNE DES VERLIEBTEN 51
DIE MITSCHULDIGEN 52
INSPIRATION 54
SEPTEMBER, 1768-APRIL, 1770
RETURNS TO FRANKFORT 57
HIS BROKEN HEALTH 58
RELATIONS TO HIS FATHER 58
HIS SISTER 60
INTEREST IN RELIGION 61
FRIENDSHIP WITH FR?ULEIN VON KLETTENBERG 62
A MYSTERIOUS MEDICINE 63
EVOLVES A RELIGIOUS CREED 65
INFLUENCE OF FR?ULEIN VON KLETTENBERG 66
INTEREST IN LITERATURE AND ART 67
LESSING AND WIELAND 70
RIPENING POWERS 71