First published in 1774, "The Sorrows of Young Werther" is the loosely autobiographical epistolary novel by German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
The highly emotional Werther is overcome with grief over the fact that t.
He meets and falls in love with the beautiful Young Lotte, despite her engagement to Albert.
During a stay in the fictional village of Wahlheim, Werther becomes enamored with the simple ways of the peasantry there.
This classically tragic story is one of unrequited love.
First published in 1774, "The Sorrows of Young Werther" is the loosely autobiographical epistolary novel by German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe