Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (1795-96) is Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel following its young title character through a series of formative experiences, chiefly his passage from a theatrical troupe into the company of an aristocratic secret society, as he matures from an idealistic, directionless youth into a socially integrated adult. Its structure, tracing a protagonist's moral, psychological and social education toward a settled adult identity, became the model against which the critic Karl Morgenstern defined the Bildungsroman in 1819, and Goethe's novel is still generally cited as the genre's founding and defining case.
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Is there a sequel to Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship?
Yes, Wilhelm Meister's Travels, Goethe's final novel, from 1821 and 1829.
Yes. Goethe's final novel, Wilhelm Meister's Travels (in German, Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre), appeared in 1821 and was published in its final form in 1829. It can be considered a sequel in which Wilhelm moves into the next phase of his life.
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is the second novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (German: Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre) is the second novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It is a Bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, published in 1795-96. It consists of eight books, the first five of which are based on the fragment Wilhelm Meister's Theatrical Mission, which remained unpublished during Goethe's lifetime.
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