Chapter I
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CHAPTER I
EARLY YEARS IN FRANKFORT
1749—1765
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GOETHE'S BIRTHPLACE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON HIM1
PERIOD OF HIS BIRTH4
HIS FATHER6
HIS MOTHER8
HIS SISTER10
FAMILY FRIENDS11
HIS EDUCATION12
RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES14
THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR18
FRENCH OCCUPATION OF FRANKFORT19
GOETHE'S FIRST LOVE21
DESTINED FOR THE STUDY OF LAW23
THE BOY THE FATHER OF THE MAN25
HIS CHARACTER AND EARLY TASTES27