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The Birth of Tragedy

by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844–1900)

39 chapters, about 52,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. INTRODUCTION.[1] 5,700 words
2. I. 500 words
3. 2. 400 words
4. 3. 400 words
5. 4. 500 words
6. 5. 700 words
7. 6. 400 words
8. 7. 200 words
9. FOREWORD TO RICHARD WAGNER. 400 words
10. 1. 1,800 words
11. 2. 1,200 words
12. 3. 1,300 words
13. 4. 1,300 words
14. 5. 2,000 words
15. 6. 1,300 words
16. 7. 1,900 words
17. 8. 2,400 words
18. 9. 2,200 words
19. 10. 1,300 words
20. 11. 2,100 words
21. 12. 2,100 words
22. 13. 1,200 words
23. 14. 1,600 words
24. 15. 1,800 words
25. 16. 2,100 words
26. 17. 2,100 words
27. 18. 1,200 words
28. 19. 3,000 words
29. 20. 1,000 words
30. 21. 2,500 words
31. 22. 1,300 words
32. 23. 1,600 words
33. 24. 1,500 words
34. 25. 500 words
35. APPENDIX. 300 words
36. 2. 200 words
37. 3. 300 words
38. 4. 200 words
39. TRANSLATOR'S NOTE. 200 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Apollo
• Bellerophon
• Hamlet
• Illusion
• Ion (dialogue)
• Prometheus

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