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Novel · 1774

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Novel · 1774 · German · Romantic

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Letters from a young man in love with an engaged woman.

Epistolary novelSturm und DrangLoveSuicideSensibility

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The book that made feeling fashionable and dangerous — Europe's first literary contagion.

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