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The Sorrows of Young Werther

The Sorrows of Young Werther

by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832

BookID: 2527

Language:English

Translator:Boylan, R. Dillon (Richard Dillon), 1805?-1888

Uniform Title:Die Leiden des jungen Werther. English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 77.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Germany -- Social life and customs -- FictionUnrequited love -- FictionYoung men -- Germany -- Fiction

Description

"The Sorrows of Young Werther" by Johann Wolfgang Goethe is an epistolary novel published in 1774. Through passionate letters to a friend, young artist Werther recounts his enchantment with a fictional village and its simple peasants. There he meets Charlotte, a beautiful young woman caring for her siblings—and falls deeply in love despite knowing she's engaged to another man. As their friendship deepens and circumstances shift, Werther's unrequited passion becomes an unbearable torment that demands resolution. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures

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