Goethe, J. W. von. 1909–14. Egmont. Vol. 19, Part 3. The Harvard Classics

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Who never ate his bread in sorrow, / Who never spent the darksome hours / Weeping, and watching for the morrow,— / He knows ye not, ye gloomy Powers.

—Wilhelm Meister. Book ii. Chap. xiii.

J.W. von Goethe

Harvard Classics, Vol. 19, Part 3

Egmont

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Perhaps best known from Beethoven’s overture, Goethe’s Egmont represents a classic work of Sturm und Drang literature. Count Egmont leads an ultimately tragic rebellion against Spanish rule in The Netherlands.

CONTENTS

Bibliographic Record Dramatis Personæ

TRANSLATED BY ANNA SWANWICK

NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001

Introductory Note
Act I: Scene I; Scene II; Scene III
Act II: Scene I; Scene II
Act III: Scene I; Scene II
Act IV: Scene I; Scene II
Act V: Scene I; Scene II; Scene III; Scene IV

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