Wilhelm Meister

[ vil-helm mahy-ster ]

noun
  1. a novel (1795–1829) by Goethe.

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How to use Wilhelm Meister in a sentence

  • Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister" stands in the front rank among German novels.

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  • He spent the afternoon, they all spent the afternoon, and the occasion reminded him of pages in Wilhelm Meister.

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  • Wilhelm Meister was set in a finicky period and its characters wore white wigs and minced about in their actions.

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  • The large, liberal view of human life in Wilhelm Meister, how 144 novel it was to the Englishman in those days!

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  • A man in the last stage of spooniness will stand anything—you remember the opening chapter of 'Wilhelm Meister?'

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