Both Uses of
Goethe
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl - Definitive Edition
- Father has taken the plays of Goethe and Schiller down from the big bookcase and is planning to read to me every evening.†
p. 65.6 *Goethe = German polymath and writer (1749-1832)
- ** A famous line from Goethe: "On top of the world, or in the depths of despair."†
p. 165.9
Definition:
German polymath (one who excels in many fields) best remembered for his writing -- especially the play Faust (1749-1832)