The Sorrows of Young Werther is a loosely autobiographical novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774. It was Goethe's first major success, turning him from an unknown into a celebrated author practically overnight. --- The majority of the novel is presented as a collection of letters written by Werther, a young artist of a highly sensitive and passionate temperament, and sent to his friend Wilhelm. In these letters, Werther gives a very intimate account of his stay in the fictional village of Wahlheim (based on the town of Garbenheim, near Wetzlar), where he meets and falls in love with Lotte, a beautiful young girl who is taking care of her siblings following the death of their mother. Lotte is, however, already engaged to a man named Albert. Despite the pain this causes Werther, he spends the next few months cultivating a close friendship with both of them. Every day serves as a torturing reminder that Lotte will never be able to requite his love...*
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The best translation of Goethe's Werther,
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If you want to know why Goethe became so famous - well, read this book, because this is the small novel that created his fame throughout Europe within just a few months. It describes his love affair with Lotte, the fiancee of a burocrate. Thomas Mann wrote later a novel (Lotte in Weimar) in which he describes the meeting of Lotte and Goethe 44 years later. Both these books are masterpieces.
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- The Sufferings of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Sorrows of Young Werther (Everymans Library) by Johann Wolfgang Goethe in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- The Sorrows of Young Werther (Penguin Classics) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- The Sorrows Of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
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