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The Sorrows of Young Werther
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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The Sorrows of Young Werther

Penguin Classics (30 Mar 1989)
9780140445039
| Paperback
144 pages | 124 x 192 mm | English
$ 14.95 | Value: $ 14.95
Dewey 813
LC Classification MLCS92/17687
LC Control No. 89188425

Subject

  • Fiction / Classics
  • Fiction / Literary
  • German Fiction

Plot

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.