The Sorrows of Young Werther

The Sorrows of Young Werther is a 1774 epistolary novel by Johann Wolfgang
Goethe, which appeared as a revised edition in 1787 It was one of the main novels
in the Sturm und Drang period in German literature, and influenced the later
Romantic movement. Goethe, aged 24 at the time, finished Werther in five and a
half weeks of intensive writing in January to March 1774 It instantly placed him
among the foremost international literary celebrities and was among the best
known of his works.
Most of The Sorrows of Young Werther, a story about a young man's extreme
response to unrequited love, is presented as a collection of letters written by
Werther, a young artist of a sensitive and passionate temperament, to his friend
Wilhelm. These give an intimate account of his stay in the fictional village of
Wahlheim whose peasants have enchanted him with their simple ways. There he
meets Charlotte, a beautiful young girl who takes care of her siblings after the
death of their mother. Werther falls in love with Charlotte despite knowing
beforehand that she is engaged to a man named Albert, eleven years her senior.

Dil: Türkçe
ISBN: 9786258141856
Sayfa Sayısı: 128
Boyutları: 13,5 x 21,0 cm
Basım Tarihi: 2023 - Nisan
Konu: Türkçe Kitap - Edebiyat - Yabancı Dilde Edebiyat Kitapları