![]() 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. Although he realises that she is to marry Albert, he is unable to subdue his passion and his infatuation torments him to the point of despair. Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive young man, meets and falls in love with sweet-natured Charlotte. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from with an introduction by Michael Hulse. Publisher: Penguin Black Classics Uk | ISBN: 9780140445039 | Pages: 144Ī key work in the German Sturm und Drang movement, Johann Goethe s autobiographical epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther is a defining moment in early Romanticism, which has influenced writers from Mary Shelley to Thomas Mann. ![]() Category: Literature - Literary Fiction Literary Fiction Literary Fiction-Lfi ![]()
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