List of illustrations

1 Goethe

© Glasshouse Images/Alamy

2 Goethe’s family home

© Design Pics Inc/REX

3 Werther’s first meeting with Lotte

Kaulbach, Wilhelm von (1805–1874). Lotte (Werther’s Leiden). Oil on canvas © Christie’s Images, London/Scala, Florence

4 Christiane Vulpius

© FPG/Getty Images

5 The Earth Spirit appearing to Faust

Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain

6 Goethe’s house on the Frauenplan

© Julie g Woodhouse/Alamy

7 Angels

© David Lyons/Alamy