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Sorrows of Young Werther, The

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

...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 Go...

Epistolary fiction, Literature, Tragedy

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