TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goethe,Johann Wolfgang von
AU  - Carlowitz,Aloïse Christine,baronne de
TI  - Les affinités électives: Suivies d'un choix de pensées du même
AV  - PT 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Adultery -- Fiction
KW  - Love stories
KW  - Social problems -- Fiction
KW  - Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction
KW  - German fiction -- Translations into French
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elective_Affinities Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Affinit%C3%A9s_%C3%A9lectives; Release date is 2004-01-01; Produced by Anne Dreze and Marc D'Hooghe; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "Les affinités électives" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is a novel published in 1809. An aristocratic couple, Eduard and Charlotte, invite two guests to their secluded estate: Eduard's friend Captain Otto and Charlotte's niece Ottilie. What begins as an experiment in companionship transforms into dangerous attractions—Eduard drawn to Ottilie, Charlotte to the Captain. Goethe uses the chemistry term "elective affinities" as a metaphor, examining whether human passions follow laws similar to chemical reactions, and whether these forces undermine marriage itself. Passion collides with reason, leading toward tragic consequences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10604
ER  -