The sorrows of young Werther
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The sorrows of young Werther
Language
eng
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fiction
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The sorrows of young Werther
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electronic resource
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dictionaries
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Penguin Red classics
Summary
One of the world's first bestsellers, this tragic masterpiece attained an instant and lasting success upon its 1774 publication, catapulting the author to the forefront of the German literary movement known as Sturm und Drang. A burst of parodies, operas, poems, and plays based on The Sorrows of Young Werther rapidly ensued, along with the cultlike following of young romantics across Europe who affected the manner of the novel's passionate and self-destructive hero
Target audience
adult
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