Collection
Genres
Status
Available
Description
Classic Literature. Fiction. HTML: The 1774 publication of the epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther transformed its 24-year-old author, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, into a world-renowned literary sensation virtually overnight. The story centers on Werther, a highly sensitive artist who has channeled his passionate temperate into his unrequited love for Lotte, a beautiful young lady who is still reeling from the aftermath of her mother's death. Regarded as a masterpiece of the Romantic era, this lyrical meditation on love and loss will resonate with anyone whose affections have been spurned..
Publication
London, England ; New York, N.Y., USA : Penguin, 1989.
ISBN
9780140445039
Pages
144
Language
Original language
German
Original publication date
1774