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The Sorrows of Young Werther Paperback – 19 April 1989

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Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive young man, falls in love with sweet-natured Lotte. Though he realizes that Lotte is to marry Albert, he is unable to subdue his passion and his infatuation torments him to the point of despair. The first great 'confessional' novel, it draws both on Goethe's own unrequited love for Charlotte Buff and on the death of a close friend.
The book was an immediate success and a cult rapidly grew up around it, resulting in numerous copycat deaths as well as violent criticism and suppression for its apparent support of suicide. Goethe's exploration of the mind of an artist at odds with society and ill-equipped to cope with life remains as poignant as when it was first written.
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    014044503X
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    19 April 1989
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    19.69 x 12.9 x 1.24 cm
  8. Print length
    144 pages
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The book was an immediate success and a cult rapidly grew up around it, resulting in numerous copycat deaths as well as violent criticism and suppression for its apparent support of suicide.

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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 European literature.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin; 1st edition (19 April 1989)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 014044503X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140445039
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.69 x 12.9 x 1.24 cm
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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (/ˈgɜː(r)tə/; German: [ˈjoːhan ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈɡøːtə] ( listen); 28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist. A literary celebrity by the age of 25, Goethe was ennobled by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Karl August in 1782 after first taking up residence there in November 1775 following the success of his first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther. He was an early participant in the Sturm und Drang literary movement. During his first ten years in Weimar, Goethe served as a member of the Duke's privy council, sat on the war and highway commissions, oversaw the reopening of silver mines in nearby Ilmenau, and implemented a series of administrative reforms at the University of Jena. He also contributed to the planning of Weimar's botanical park and the rebuilding of its Ducal Palace, which in 1998 were together designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Dr. Steven J. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars It looks good
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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't do it!
Reviewed in Australia on 6 November 2021
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Whatever you do, don't buy this book. Unless, of course, you get a kick out of laughing at really bad and completely unedited machine translations. The sublime Goethe deserves better. I deserve better for my hard earned money
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1.0 out of 5 stars Poor
Reviewed in Australia on 27 June 2015
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Unfortunatley i have not been able to finish this book whilst the writing style is fluid and easy reading the particular copy i purchased at quite regular intervals would repeat a sentence twice and innterrupt the next which made me feel like i had been taken back to preschool days where i read the same line several times if i didnt use my finger
My other disappointing issue is that the editer or whomever revised this book felt the need to put in brackets a paragraph of why they ommited a title of a book discussed or the change of name of a town he stayed in.. This made for frustrating reading i feel they should have had a page/appendix reference in brackets and the explanation in appendixes rather then throughout the book.. Again not sure whether it was just the copy i purchased but im not about to spend the money to find out
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5.0 out of 5 stars EXTRAORDINÁRIO. Obra sublime, tocante e inesquecível
Reviewed in Brazil on 7 June 2021
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Esse clássico de Goethe toca a alma humana e sua busca pelo que a mova em direção a si mesmo. Um amor que é protagonista ao pobre Werther, que por ser impossível se vê sem repertório de entusiasmo para além de uma pessoa, Carlota. Fala da necessidade de nos bastarmos e não nos vermos incompletos enquanto pessoa esperando que alguém nos complete, sob pena de perecer ao sermos privados do que supomos que nos bastaria. Li em minha infância e ao longo de minha vida, com significado distinto e pertinente em cada visita. A percepção não "rasa" do desfecho do protagonista é belíssima, em que pese as considerações de haver um desenho romantizado de algo trágico e terrível em si (em meu ver) que o consagra na crítica com gerador de muitas atiitudes semelhantes como a retratada aqui, penso que o que o livro traz transcende isso em termos de ilustrar o quanto a submissão monoteísta a uma mulher tida como única a tornar sua vida possível faz com que Werther reça e nos alerta para a necessidade de termos em nós pluralidade de estímulos, paixões (como o nosso ofício ou arte), vivêncas para além da utopia de que alguém tem que estar nosso para existirmos. Então fico com essa visão mais crativa da livro, que serve de alerta para que o que retrata não nos seja vivido
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2.0 out of 5 stars Arrived damaged
Reviewed in Sweden on 28 June 2022
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By what it looks like, it has arrived somewhat damaged and it seems like it has some wear to it. When the item stated that it was new..
I'm quite disappointed to be honest.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in Canada on 17 October 2020
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Great read!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great reading!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 October 2020
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A beautiful novel about love and human emotions. The translation is brilliant. Definitely recommended.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Calidad media
Reviewed in Spain on 3 January 2020
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Por el precio está bien, calidad media.
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