by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9783257213669
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«Die Leiden des jungen Werther», an epistolary novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published in paperback by Diogenes Verlag AG.
Werther, a sensitive young man, meets Charlotte, who is engaged to another man. In letters to his friend Wilhelm, he expresses his impossible love and the growing pain caused by the distance between his feelings and reality. The novel shows the clash between individual passion and social conventions, and culminates in a tragic outcome.
Originally published in 1774. This Diogenes edition includes the author's 1814 commentary.
A common reading in German schools and a classic of Romanticism, for readers seeking an introduction to European literature.
German writer, scientist and statesman, the towering figure of German-language literature and author of Faust and The Sorrows of Young Werther.
