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Name: Lotte in Weimar
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Author: Thomas Mann

Tijdens de jaren ´30 moet Thomas Mann met lede ogen aanzien hoe in zijn land het beeld van Goethe, Duitslands nationale trots, steeds meer wordt vervalst tot “grote man” op wie kritiek onmogelijk is. Uitgangspunt voor dit boek is het historische gegeven dat Goethe op middelbare leeftijd werd opgezocht door zijn jeugdliefde Charlotte, de “onsterfelijke Lotte” uit Die Leiden des jungen Werther. Charlotte reist naar Weimar, en ontmoet daar Goethes zoon en diens privéleraar, en uiteindelijk ook Goethe zelf.

First publish date: 1939

Authors: Thomas Mann

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