 Stein was seven years older than Goethe, was the mother of several children, and at the time of her first acquaintance with the poet can hardly have attracted him by any physical charms.  Goethe's Torquato Tasso - Seite xixvon Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1888 - 181 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...CHARLOTTE VON STEIN Shortly after his arrival in Weimar, Goethe was introduced to Charlotte von Stein. She was seven years older than Goethe, was the mother...with the poet can hardly have attracted him by any physi- 5 cal charms. She had never been beautiful, and was now careworn and faded. Her husband, an... | |
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