. The Open court. CHARLOTTE BUFF S ROOM IN THE DEUTSCHE HAUS AT WETZLAR. GOETHE S RELATION TO WOMEN. 91 with her was followed by the sad fate of his friend Jerusalem, thecombination suggested to him the tragic plot of this novel. In those days Goethe was in an irritable and almost pathologicalcondition. He experienced in his own mind a deep longing for anescape from the restlessness of life and in his autobiography he. FRAU MAXIMILIANA BRENTANO. Daughter of Frau von La Roche, and mother of Bettina Bren-tano, later Frau von Arnim. speaks of the efforts and resolutions it cost him to escape the
. The Open court. CHARLOTTE BUFF S ROOM IN THE DEUTSCHE HAUS AT WETZLAR. GOETHE S RELATION TO WOMEN. 91 with her was followed by the sad fate of his friend Jerusalem, thecombination suggested to him the tragic plot of this novel. In those days Goethe was in an irritable and almost pathologicalcondition. He experienced in his own mind a deep longing for anescape from the restlessness of life and in his autobiography he. FRAU MAXIMILIANA BRENTANO. Daughter of Frau von La Roche, and mother of Bettina Bren-tano, later Frau von Arnim. speaks of the efforts and resolutions it cost him to escape the bil-lows of death, His friend Merck came to the rescue. From thedangerous atmosphere of Wetzlar he took him on a visit to thejolly circle of Frau Sophie von La Roche at Ehrenbreitstein.* Goethe had met Frau von La Roche in the preceding April *The novels and moral tales of Frau von La Roche were much read inthose days. In a somewhat sentimental language she advocated marriage forloves sake, but she herself did what she condemned other mothers for; sheurged her daughters to accept aged husbands for the sake of worldly advan-tages. Bettina, the daughter of Maximiliana, will be mentioned further on. 92 THE OPEN COURT. (1772). in Homburg, and he was glad to renew the friendship at thiscritical moment of his Hfe. Born December 6, 1731, Sophie vonLa Roche was the daughter of Dr. Gutermann, a physician of Kauf-beuren
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