num_pages: 165
description: You only find true love once. When Werther dances with the beautiful Lotte, it seems as though he is in paradise. It is a joy, however, that can only ever be short-lived. Engaged to another man, she tolerates Werther's adoration and encourages his friendship. She can never return his love. Broken-hearted, he leaves her home in the country, trying to escape his own desire. But when he receives a letter telling him that she is finally married, his passion soon turns to destructive obsession. And as his life falls apart, Werther is haunted by one certainty: He has lost his reason for living.
language: English
title: The Sorrows of Young Werther
titlecomplete: The Sorrows of Young Werther
characters: Charlotte (The Sorrows of Young Werther), Albert (The Sorrows of Young Werther), Werther
genres: Fiction, Romanticism, Classics, 18th Century, School, German Literature, Germany, Romance, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 123692
places: Germany, Wahlheim
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Ελληνο-γερμανικό Βραβείο Μετάφρασης
category: Στέλλα Νικολούδη
publisher: Penguin Books