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The Sorrows of Young Werther

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The story of a young man driven to suicide by an unhappy love affair, "The Sorrows of Young Werther" is the first great tragic novel of Eurpean literature.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Penguin Classics
  • Publish Date: Aug 1st, 1989
  • Pages: 144
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.60in - 5.00in - 0.50in - 0.25lb
  • EAN: 9780140445039
  • Recommended age: 18-UP
  • Categories: LiteraryClassicsEpistolary (Letters, Diaries, etc.)

About the Author

Johann Wolfgang Goethe was born in Frankfurt in 1749. He is best remembered for his great works The Sorrows of Young Werther and Faust, and his part in the 18th century 'Sturm and Drang' movement. He died in 1832.

Michael Hulse is an acclaimed literary German translator.