The Sorrows of Young Werther
A young man settles in a country town, falls in love with Lotte at a ball, and learns that she is already promised to a steady older man. His letters record the affection, the friendship the three of them keep up, and the slow narrowing of everything else he might have lived for. The letter-novel that taught Europe to weep; unrequited love as a fatal art.
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- influenced by ↑ Clarissa
- influenced by ↑ Julie, or the New Heloise
- ↓ Nightmare Abbey
- ↓ Eugene Onegin
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