The sorrows of young Werther
By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ; translated by Bayard Quincy Morgan
Contributors: Morgan, Bayard Quincy, 1883-
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Oneworld Classics
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Richmond
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9781847491572
Subjects: Unrequited love; Fiction
Work titles: Werther
Description: CLASSIC FICTION. Presented as a collection of confessional letters written by the eponymous protagonist, "The Sorrows of Young Werther" charts the emotional journey of a young man who, during a stay in a picturesque German village, falls in love with Lotte, a local woman engaged to another man. As he realizes that his passion is doomed to failure and constant pain, Werther contemplates taking the most drastic measures. Partly autobiographical, and the prototype for many later Romantic works in its depiction of the sensitive, tortured Romantic hero, Goethe's seminal classic is a timeless masterpiece of world literature.
Notes: Translated from the German.