Book description
You only find true love once.
When Werther dances with the beautiful Lotte, it seems as though he
is in paradise. It is a joy, however, that can only ever be
short-lived. Engaged to another man, she tolerates Werther's adoration
and encourages his friendship. She can never return his love.
Broken-hearted, he leaves her home in the country, trying to escape
his own desire. But when he receives a letter telling him that she is
finally married, his passion soon turns to destructive obsession.
And as his life falls apart, Werther is haunted by one certainty:
He has lost his reason for living.
Johann Wolfgang Goethe was born in Frankfurt in 1749. He is best
remembered for his great works The Sorrows of Young Werther and Faust,
and his part in the 18th century 'Sturm and Drang' movement. He died in
1832. Michael Hulse is an acclaimed literary German translator.
