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About This Novel
This book is an iconic work of the German Sturm und Drang movement. A young man named Werther fell in love with a girl named Lotte, who was already engaged to someone else. The setback in love made Werther heartbroken. Later, he committed suicide because he was out of tune with the feudal society and felt that his future was hopeless. The novel unfolds in the form of letters, recording the completely honest emotional experience of a young soul - the passionate but unattainable love for Lotte, the resistance to the order of reality, and the pain of the unattainable ideal. The gap between reality and ideals eventually pushed him into tragedy. This work shocked the entire European youth - Werther's sensitivity, loneliness and resistance became a symbol of the spirit of the times.
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