Description: Sorrows of Young Werther, Paperback by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von, ISBN 014044503X, ISBN-13 9780140445039, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "Be on your guard … and take care not to fall in love!"
Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive and romantic young man, meets and falls in love with sweet-natured Lotte. Although he realizes that Lotte is to marry Albert, he is unable to subdue his passion for her and his infatuation torments him to the point of absolute despair. The first great ‘confessional’ novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther draws both on Goethe’s own unrequited love for Charlotte Buff and on the death of his friend Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem. Th was an immediate success and a cult rapidly grew up around it, resulting in numerous imitations as well as violent criticism and even suppression for its apparent recommendation of suicide. Goethe’s sensitive exploration of the mind of a young artist at odds with society and ill-equipped to cope with life is now considered the first great tragic novel of European literature. This edition includes notes and an introduction by Michael Hulse who explores the origins of the novel in the author’s life and examines its impact on European culture.
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Book Title: Sorrows of Young Werther
Number of Pages: 144 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Topic: Classics, Epistolary, Literary
Publication Year: 1989
Item Height: 0.4 in
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 4 Oz
Item Length: 7.8 in
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
