Widely considered to be one of Goethe's masterpieces, The Sorrows of Young Werther was a phenomenal success when first published and it's influence was felt on much of the German public. Even over a century later, it remains powerful and classic.
Widely considered to be one of Goethe's masterpieces, The Sorrows of Young Werther was a phenomenal success when first published and it's influence wa...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In this book: Faust Translator: Bayard Taylor Erotica Romana The Sorrows of Young Werther Translator: R.D. Boylan Maxims and Reflections Translator: Thomas Bailey Saunders Autobiography Translated by John Oxenford
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of me...
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Nathen Haskell Dole R. D. Boylan
2014 Brass Rabbit Classics edition. Werther, a young artist of highly sensitive and passionate temperament, tells the intimate account of his stay at the fictional village of Wahlheim in a series of letters written to his friend Wilhelm. In Wahlheim, Werther becomes involved in a love triangle which ends tragically. First published in 1774, The Sorrows of Young Werther was Goethe's first major success, turning him from an unknown into a celebrated author practically overnight. The popularity of the novel started the phenomenon known as Werther-Fieber ("Werther Fever") which caused young men...
2014 Brass Rabbit Classics edition. Werther, a young artist of highly sensitive and passionate temperament, tells the intimate account of his stay at ...
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 -1805) was a German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788-1805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with the already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works he left as sketches. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Xenien, a collection of short satirical...
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 -1805) was a German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen y...
