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Which German writer did Thomas Carlyle admire most?
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Thomas Carlyle
Carlyle, detail of an oil painting by G.F. Watts, 1877; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
The German writer whom Thomas Carlyle admired most was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Carlyle held the greatest reverence for him, and his deep interest in German literature led him to publish a translation of Goethe's Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship in 1824.1