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The Sorrows of Young Werther (Penguin Classics)
The Sorrows of Young Werther - Penguin Classics
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One of the world's first best-sellers, this tragic masterpiece attained an instant and lasting success upon its 1774 publication. A sensitive exploration of the mind of a young artist, the tale addresses age-old questions—the meaning of love, of death, and the possibility of redemption—in the form of Werther's alternately joyful and ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780140445039
ISBN-10: 014044503X
Publication Date: 8/1/1989
Pages: 144
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This book is so sad and depressing but still really true to human nature. Read it several times.

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Can't go wrong. Quite depressing.
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I loved this story so much that I wanted to name my daughter Lotte, after the heroine. It's the first great tragic novel of European Literature and a Romantic tale of unrequited love.


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