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Letter from August, Prince of Sachsen-Gotha and Altenburg to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written from Gotha and dated 5 November 1801
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CMV35323
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Klassik Stiftung Weimar
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RA 3/1412, ‘Sachsen-Gotha und Altenburg, August Prinz von, 1801 November 5, Gotha’
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Brief Summary:
Letter from August, Prince of Sachsen-Gotha and Altenburg to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written from Gotha and dated 5 November 1801.
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August praises Schiller’s Jungfrau von Orleans, which he believes has defeated Voltaire’s La Pucelle d’Orleans.
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La pucelle d’Orleans
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5 November 1801
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Gotha, Germany
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