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- when Caroline von Wolzogen (pictured) published her novel Agnes von Lilien anonymously in 1798, it was thought by some readers to be by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe or Friedrich Schiller?
- the Comoedienhaus theater, built in 1782, the first theater of performing arts in Frankfurt, Germany, played host to concerts by Mozart, Schiller and Goethe, among others?
- a real-life German alchemist named Johann Georg Faust was the inspiration for Marlowe-Goethe Faust of fictional fame?
- Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (pictured) was noted as a patroness of Schiller, Goethe, and Liszt?
- Charlotte von Lengefeld, wife of Friedrich Schiller, wrote a posthumously published novel and corresponded with Charlotte von Stein and Goethe?
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