BOOK REVIEW: The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774) by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe Sorrows of Young W
BOOK REVIEW: The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774) by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe Sorrows of Young Werther is one of those novels that I have encountered a number of times in my assigned reading for university, but had never actually read myself. When I finally decided to fill in this gap in my literary knowledge, I knew that the protagonist was basically the quintessential Romantic hero – emotional, artistic, and, of course, desperately in love with a girl he can never have – which meant that this could only end in tears (and probably death).Werther did not disappoint in that regard… But maybe I kind of wanted it to.Read More -- source link
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