Elective Affinities

Elective Affinities was Goethe's third novel. It depicts human relationships in a Romantic crucible, and is the sourcebook and inspiration for many literary and filmic adaptations and variations.


By : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

00 - Introduction



01 - Part I Chapter 1



02 - Part I Chapter 2



03 - Part I Chapter 3



04 - Part I Chapter 4



05 - Part I Chapter 5



06 - Part I Chapter 6



07 - Part I Chapter 7



08 - Part I Chapter 8



09 - Part I Chapter 9



10 - Part I Chapter 10



11 - Part I Chapter 11



12 - Part I Chapter 12



13 - Part I Chapter 13



14 - Part I Chapter 14



15 - Part I Chapter 15



16 - Part I Chapter 16



17 - Part I Chapter 17



18 - Part I Chapter 18



19 - Part II Chapter 1



20 - Part II Chapter 2



21 - Part II Chapter 3



22 - Part II Chapter 4



23 - Part II Chapter 5



24 - Part II Chapter 6



25 - Part II Chapter 7



26 - Part II Chapter 8



27 - Part II Chapter 9



28 - Part II Chapter 10



29 - Part II Chapter 11



30 - Part II Chapter 12



31 - Part II Chapter 13



32 - Part II Chapter 14



33 - Part II Chapter 15



34 - Part II Chapter 16



35 - Part II Chapter 17



36 - Part II Chapter 18


The book is situated around the city of Weimar. Goethe's main characters are Eduard and Charlotte, an aristocratic couple both in their second marriage, enjoying an idyllic but semi-dull life on the grounds of their rural estate. They invite the Captain, Eduard's childhood friend, and Ottilie, the beautiful, orphaned, coming-of-age niece of Charlotte, to live with them. The decision to invite Ottilie and the Captain is described as an "experiment" and this is exactly what it is. The house and its surrounding gardens are described as "a chemical retort in which the human elements are brought together for the reader to observe the resulting reaction."

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