Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In this book: Faust Translator: Bayard Taylor Erotica Romana The Sorrows of Young Werther Translator: R.D. Boylan Maxims and Reflections Translator: Thomas Bailey Saunders Autobiography Translated by John Oxenford