The Sorrows of Young Werther: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
The Sorrows of Young Werther: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
The Sorrows of Young Werther is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832). The listed translation credits are Boylan, R. Dillon (Richard Dillon) (1804–1888).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Sorrows of Young Werther" by Johann Wolfgang Goethe is an epistolary novel published in 1774. Through passionate letters to a friend, young artist Werther recounts his enchantment with a fictional village and its simple peasants. There he meets Charlotte, a beautiful young woman caring for her siblings—and falls deeply in love despite knowing she's engaged to another man. As their friendship deepens and circumstances shift, Werther's unrequited passion becomes an unbearable torment that demands resolution.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Sorrows of Young Werther
- Author credits: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832)
- Catalogue language: English
- Translator credits: Boylan, R. Dillon (Richard Dillon) (1804–1888)
Catalogue subjects
- Germany -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Unrequited love -- Fiction
- Young men -- Germany -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Banned Books from Anne Haight's list
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: German Literature
- Category: Novels
- Category: Romance
- Harvard Classics
- Opera
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