The Troubles of Young Werther

About This Novel

"The Sorrows of Young Werther" (1774) is a representative work of the "Sturm und Drang" movement. It is an epistolary novel written by Goethe based on his own experience. It depicts Werther's love tragedy and expresses the depression of a generation of European youth. After the novel came out, it became popular in Europe, setting off a wave of "Werther fever". When Napoleon was at war, he had this little book with him. For more than two hundred years, Werther's fate has touched generations of young people.

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