num_pages: 201
description: Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive young man, falls in love with sweet-natured Lotte. Though he realizes that Lotte is to marry Albert, he is unable to subdue his passion and his infatuation torments him to the point of despair. The first great 'confessional' novel, it draws both on Goethe's own unrequited love for Charlotte Buff and on the death of a close friend. The book was an immediate success and a cult rapidly grew up around it, resulting in numerous copycat deaths as well as violent criticism and suppression for its apparent support of suicide. Goethe's exploration of the mind of an artist at odds with society and ill-equipped to cope with life remains as poignant as when it was first written.
language: English
title: Sorrows of Young Werther and Novella
titlecomplete: Sorrows of Young Werther and Novella (Modern Library)
characters: Albert (The Sorrows of Young Werther), Charlotte (The Sorrows of Young Werther), Werther
genres: Fiction, Romanticism, German Literature, School, Literature, Romance, Classics, Novels, 18th Century, Germany
ratings_count: 123748
places: Wahlheim, Germany
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Ελληνο-γερμανικό Βραβείο Μετάφρασης
category: Στέλλα Νικολούδη
publisher: Modern Library