by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Distribooks Inc · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783423020480
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«Die Leiden des jungen Werther» is the epistolary novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published by Distribooks Inc in paperback (227 pages, in German).
It narrates through letters Werther's passion for Charlotte, a woman engaged to another man. Between sentimental exaltation, melancholy and the rejection of conventions, the work portrays the conflict of the romantic individual against a society that limits his feelings.
The work was originally published in 1774 and is framed in the Sturm und Drang; this edition dates from 1978.
For readers of classic literature and students interested in the 18th-century German epistolary novel.
German writer, scientist and statesman, the towering figure of German-language literature and author of Faust and The Sorrows of Young Werther.
