The Sorrows of Young Werther Author:Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Louise Bogan (Translator) A major work of German romanticism in a translation that is acknowledged as the definitive English language version. The Vintage Classics edition also includes NOVELLA, Goethe's poetic vision of an idyllic pastoral society.
I loved this story so much that I wanted to name my daughter Lotte, after the heroine. It's the first great tragic novel of European Literature and a Romantic tale of unrequited love.