The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings
$19.47
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
24 April 2013
Summary
The Sorrows of Young Werther brings to life an idyllic German village where a youth on vacation meets and falls for lovely Charlotte. The tragedy unfolds in the letters Werther writes to his friend about Charlotte’s charms, even after he realizes his love will remain unrequited.
“Reflections on Werther” and “Goethe in Sesenheim,” collections of excerpts from the author’s own memoirs, reveal the genius who, as Nietzsche said, “disciplined himself into wholeness.”
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780451418555 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0451418557 |
| Author: | Catherine Hutter, Marcelle Clements, Elisabeth Krimmer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Signet Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 24 April 2013 |
| Weight: | 147g |
| Dimensions: | 170mm x 107mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Signet Classics |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Nature has endowed [Goethe] more generously than anyone since Shakespeare.”—Friedrich Schiller“[In] Werther, all the richness of [Goethe’s] gift was apparent….The extreme, nerve-shattering sensitivity of the little book…evoked a storm of applause which went beyond all bounds and fairly intoxicated the world.”—Thomas Mann
About The Author
Catherine Hutter
Marcelle Clements is a novelist and journalist who has contributed articles on culture, the arts, and politics to many national publications. She is the author of two books of notification, The Dog Is Us and The Improvised Woman, and the novels Rock Me and Midsummer.
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