The Sorrows of Young Werther (Variety Art Works) manga cover

The Sorrows of Young Werther (Variety Art Works)

若きウェルテルの悩み

Die Leiden des jungen Werthers, Wakakiu~eruterunonayami

Published: 2009
Status: Completed
Latest Chapter: 2

Description

The Sorrows of Young Werther (German: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers) is a loosely autobiographical epistolary novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774. A revised edition followed in 1787. It was one of the most important novels in the Sturm und Drang period in German literature, and influenced the later Romantic movement. Goethe, aged 24 at the time, finished Werther in five-and-a-half weeks of intensive writing in January–March 1774. The book's publication instantly placed the author among the foremost international literary celebrities, and was among the best known of his works.