The Sorrows of Young Werther

Die Leiden des jungen Werthers · 若きウェルテルの悩み

Genres: Seinen Psychological Drama Slice of Life Historical Tragedy
Authors: Variety Art Works Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Sorrows of Young Werther (German: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers) is a loosely autobiographical epistolary novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774. A revised edition followed in 1787. It was one of the most important 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–March 1774. The book's publication instantly placed the author among the foremost international literary celebrities, and was among the best known of his works.

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