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This epistolary novel is partly autobiographical, and tells the story of a young man’s passion for the beautiful Lotte, who is betrothed to, and later marries, a local man. The kind but stolid decency of Albert contrasts with the tortured Werther, who advocates passionately for the demands of the heart over those of reason, and is eventually driven by his despair to a tragic end.
This was an immensely popular book in its time, a prototype for Romantic works with its descriptions of nature and the ...more
This was an immensely popular book in its time, a prototype for Romantic works with its descriptions of nature and the ...more
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