V 1877 Brandes ostavili Kopengagen i poselilsya v Berline. Yego politicheskiye vzglyady , odnako, chto Prussiya neudobno dlya nego, chtoby ostanovit'sya, i on vernulsya v 1883 godu v Kopengagene , gde on byl vstrechen tselym novoy gruppy pisateley i mysliteley , kotoryye stremilis' poluchit' yego v kachestve svoyego lidera . Naiboleye vazhnym iz svoikh pozdnikh rabotakh byli yego issledovaniye Uil'yama Shekspira , kotoraya byla perevedena na angliyskiy yazyk Uil'yam Archer i srazu uznal .
In 1877 Brandes left Copenhagen and settled in Berlin. His political views, however, that Prussia uncomfortable for him to stay in, and he returned in 1883 to Copenhagen, where he was greeted by a whole new group of writers and thinkers who were eager to receive him as their leader . The most important of his later works have been his study of William Shakespeare, which was translated into English by William Archer and immediately recognized.