The Sorrows of Young Werther: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 13 original MP3 tracks, 4:43:14 running time and a link to listen.
The Sorrows of Young Werther, credited to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Sorrows of Young Werther, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Translated by R. Dillon Boylan. The Sorrows of Young Werther (German, Die Leiden des jungen Werther, originally published as Die Leiden des jungen Werthers) is an epistolary and loosely autobiographical novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774. The story follows the life and sorrows of Werther after he falls desperately in love with a young woman who is married to another. A climactic scene prominently features Goethe's own German translation of a portion of James Macpherson's Ossian cycle of poems, which had originally been presented as translations of ancient works, and was later found to have been written by Macpherson. (Introduction by Wikipedia and Barry Eads)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Sorrows of Young Werther
- Author credits: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 13
- Listed recording duration: 4:43:14
Catalogue topics
- epistolary fiction
- tragedy
Track guide
- 01 - Book 1, May Entries — 30:00
- 02 - Book 1, June Entries — 26:05
- 03 - Book 1, July Entries — 29:23
- 04 - Book 1, August Entries — 31:37
- 05 - Book 1, September Entries — 10:21
- 06 - Book 2, October - February Entries — 18:35
- 07 - Book 2, March - July Entries — 19:07
- 08 - Book 2, August - October Entries — 19:48
- 09 - Book 2, November - Dec. 6 — 20:00
- 10 - Book 2, Editor to Reader - Dec. 15 — 19:52
- 11 - Book 2, December 20 Part 1 — 14:53
- 12 - Book 2, December 20 Part 2 — 20:54
- 13 - Book 2, December 20 Part 3 — 22:46
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