1. It is loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel " Elective Affinities ". 2. This includes nations of race, gender, sexual orientation, elective affinity . 3. The term " elective affinities " is based on the older notion of chemical affinities. 4. "Elective Affinities , " $ 19 . 98 VHS. 5. The novel was influenced by Goethe's " Elective Affinities ", which Froude later translated and published anonymously. 6. Ottilie is one of the four principal characters in the novel Elective Affinities by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 7. "Elective Affinities , " $ 19.98 VHS. 8. He turned oppositions into elective affinities : Oscar Wilde, Christian martyr and pagan sybarite; cultural conservator and revolutionary. 9. The conditions of capitalism and its class system came together due to a variety of " elective affinities ". 10. A plan for a feature film of Goethe's " Elective Affinities " proved too ambitious and came to nothing.