• Goethe and Schiller: An Historical Romance written by L. Mühlbach and translated into English by Chapman Coleman.
    Publication Information
    • Publisher: W. R. Caldwell & Co., New York
    • Publication Year: 1912 “In Roman numerals, MCMXII represents the number 1912.” as noted by CK-12.
    Historical Context & Overview
    The left page features a frontispiece portrait illustration of the famous German writer and statesman, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
    The work itself is a 19th-century biographical historical novel rather than an actual text written by Goethe or Schiller. The narrative explores the close friendship, deep professional respect, and artistic convergence between Goethe and Friedrich Schiller “during the Weimar Classicism movement.