Title: The Sorrows of Young Werther
Description: The world at once took possession of The Sorrows of Young Werther and it took possession of the world.... It seemed as though the public in all countries, secretly and without their own knowledge, had been awaiting this very book by an unknown young man from a German Imperial city; that this book with revolutionary, liberating power emancipated the fettered yearnings of the civilized world.
Subjects: Classic Literature, Fiction