Goethe's Faust

Goethe's Faust | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

This month I chose Faust! It was my first pick. My second for the month is The Satanic Verses and since I didn‘t have a book for June, Rushdie made it on the bracket, too.
@CSeydel #bookbracket #readingbracket #readingbracket2025 #bookbracket2025 #fiction

CSeydel Very nice! 2w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads What are the directions for this? Thanks!! 😊 2w

GingerAntics What do you mean? You just pick your favourite book each month and add it to your bracket. I have a fiction bracket and a nonfiction bracket. I‘m not sure there are any hard and fast rules. @CSeydel has the black bracket. She‘ll be able to tell you if there are any hand and fast rules. 2w

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CSeydel Hi @DrSabrinaMoldenReads ! The bracket is just a fun way to rank the books you read during the year. Each month you add your favorite book to that month‘s space in the bracket. Then the books on adjacent space “compete” - you decide which one you liked better, and it advances to the next round. There are two wild card spaces in round 2, to even up the matches. No rules, no prizes - whatever criteria you want, it‘s your bracket. 2w

CSeydel Here‘s the blank bracket: https://litsy.com/p/TXdoWG1rQWx3 (edited) 2w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads Thanks! Now I understand! 2w

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GingerAntics

Goethe's Faust | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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This was so enthralling and wonderful to listen to. I highly recommend it. It has the weight and feel and Shakespeare, but the language is far more modern. The translator did an amazing job of keeping the rhythm of the original German poetry in the English.
#Goethe #Faust #DrQuinnReadingList #poetry #play #classicliterature

Bookwomble And Samuel West and Toby Jones are both such great actors. I bet they were good in their roles! 1mo

GingerAntics @Bookwomble absolutely brilliant! They really brought it to life. I adored every minute of it. 1mo

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GingerAntics

Goethe's Faust | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

This has been on my TBR since 2019. I started it after finishing Herod while donating plasma today. I‘m already 77% of the way through. It‘s fast paced. It‘s compelling. It has the feeling of Shakespeare, with far more modern English. This translation has done a marvellous job of keeping the rhythm of the original German poetry. 100% recommend so far. Would love to do this as a group read at some point. I just wanted to share this brilliance.

GingerAntics Thanks Dr. Quinn for putting this book on my radar! #Goethe #Faust #DrQuinnReadingList #poetry #play #classicliterature 1mo

TheBookHippie Oh I love this!!! 1mo

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I am adoring every second of this! 1mo

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julesG Had to read and dissect/interpret it in school. Both parts. And, if course, we had to look at other works where a character struck a bargain with the devil. 1mo

GingerAntics @julesG he is a German author, so that makes sense. Yeah, we get Shakespeare and if you were lucky, you MIGHT have been introduced to a little Mark Twain. That‘s about it. Everything else was modern. Then again, this is America. No one would stand for a man striking a bargain with the devil. It might corrupt the children. 🙄 (edited) 1mo

julesG 🤣🤣 1mo

julesG I think we read some Marlow too. Apart from Shakespeare. 1mo

GingerAntics @julesG oooh I read some Marlow in grad school. I‘m trying to remember which ones now… 🤔 🧐 1mo

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Rome753

Goethe's Faust | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

My local library was having a used book sale today. Managed to pick uup several books for only $5.

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Custo7

Goethe's Faust | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Trata a un ser un humano como es y seguirá siendo lo que es. Trata a un ser humano como puede llegar a ser y se convertirá en lo que puede llegar a ser. Goethe.

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