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One of the world's first best-sellers, this tragic masterpiece attained an instant and lasting success upon its 1774 publication. A sensitive exploration of the mind of a young artist, the tale addresses age-old questions — the meaning of love, of death, and the possibility of redemption — in the form of Werther's alternately joyful and despairing letters about his unrequited love. Goethe's portrayal of a character who struggles to reconcile his artistic sensibilities with the demands of the objective world proved tremendously influential to subsequent writers and continues to speak to modern readers.
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The Sorrows of Young Werther, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Nathan Haskell Dole
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- Released
- 2002
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- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Released
- 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 96
- ISBN10
- 0486424553
- ISBN13
- 9780486424552
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Classics, Love, German Literature, Death, 18th century, Romanticism, Suicide, Lawyers, Suffering
- First published
- 1774
- Original title
- Die Leiden des jungen Werther
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- One of the world's first best-sellers, this tragic masterpiece attained an instant and lasting success upon its 1774 publication. A sensitive exploration of the mind of a young artist, the tale addresses age-old questions — the meaning of love, of death, and the possibility of redemption — in the form of Werther's alternately joyful and despairing letters about his unrequited love. Goethe's portrayal of a character who struggles to reconcile his artistic sensibilities with the demands of the objective world proved tremendously influential to subsequent writers and continues to speak to modern readers.