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The Sorrows of Young Werther
Contributor(s): Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von (Author), Hulse, Michael (Translator), Hulse, Michael (Introduction by)
ISBN: 014044503X     ISBN-13: 9780140445039
Publisher: Penguin Group
OUR PRICE:   $9.86  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 1989
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Annotation: The story of a young man driven to suicide by an unhappy love affair, The Sorrows of Young Werther is the first great tragic novel of European literature.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Epistolary
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 89188425
Series: Penguin Classics
Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.08" W x 7.75" (0.26 lbs) 144 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Central Europe
- Cultural Region - Germany
- Ethnic Orientation - German
 
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Publisher Description:
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. The book 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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