Wilhelm Meister

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

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

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

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

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