In another one of his works, Gretchen is saved by God while her lover, the titular character, made a deal with Mephistopheles, and in another work, the title character's love for Lotte, who marries Albert, turns into tragedy as he commits suicide in the end.
In this man's third novel, he expounded on the theory of AB plus CD yields AD plus BC and applied laws of chemistry to human relationships; that novel was titled Elective Affinities. In another one of his works, Gretchen is saved by God while her lover, the titular character, made a deal with Mephistopheles, and in another work, the title character's love for Lotte, who marries Albert, turns into tragedy as he commits suicide in the end. For 10 points, identify this German author of Faust and The Sorrows of Young Werther.
In this man's third novel, he expounded on the theory of AB plus CD yields AD plus BC and applied laws of chemistry to human relationships; that novel was titled Elective Affinities.
Johann Wolfgang von {Goethe}