This novel was a sensation when first published and with it 25-year-old Johann Wolfgang Goethe finally became the star of the literary scene.
Themes covered love nature..
An entire generation seeking inidual happiness beyond social restrictions found its fate in the fate of the unfortunate Werther - who in the end becomes a suicide because his rapturous love must remain unfulfilled in this prosaic world.
This novel was a sensation when first published and with it 25-year-old Johann Wolfgang Goethe finally became the star of the literary scene