The Sorrows of Young Werther / Die Leiden Des Jungen Werther: A Dual-Language Book
Loosely based on Goethe's personal experiences, the novel is written mostly in the form of letters in which Werther recounts his unrequited love for a married woman. Its Sturm und Drang style makes it a perennial favorite with readers of every era. Includes the original German with English...
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Loosely based on Goethe's personal experiences, the novel is written mostly in the form of letters in which Werther recounts his unrequited love for a married woman. Its Sturm und Drang style makes it a perennial favorite with readers of every era. Includes the original German with English translation on the facing pages.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780486433639 (0486433633)
ASIN: 486433633
Publish date: June 4th 2004
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 240
Edition language: Deutsch
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
Romance,
Classic Literature,
Drama,
Philosophy,
German Literature,
18th Century
I wanted to read this 18th century publishing phenomenon because of History Bites, a slightly crazy show that liked to imagine what history would have been like if television had been around. It did an episode on Goethe where a bunch of impressionable youths were dressing up in Werther’s blue coat a...
"When I consider the narrow limits within which our active and inquiring faculties are confined; when I see how all our energies are wasted in providing for mere necessities . . . and then that all our satisfaction concerning certain subjects of investigation ends in nothing better than a passive re...
Tak ckliwej powieści nie czytałem nigdy w życiu, a być może nawet Goethe w tym wydaniu stał się dla mnie szczepionką na wszystkie romanse i "duszne rozterki", bo nie znoszę ich do dziś. A trzeba powiedzieć, że czytałem "Cierpienia..." w werterowskim wieku. Epoka, w której za przyczyną tej powieści p...
Wiem, że książka została napisana w okresie romantyzmu i naprawdę starałam się na tym myśleniu opierać wszystko to, co mi się nie podobało. Niestety, po lekturze naprawdę byłam zawiedziona. Dziwię się, że taka książka odniosła jakiś sukces. Te wszystkie listy dotyczą tylko tego, jak 'biedny' Weter u...
Classic, beautiful book that made me love it and hate it. Werther can look so arrogant when he talks and express about some people he met along the story, but we can’t help to like him and sympathize his sorrows when he falls in love with Lotte and realises that he could never be with her, she would...
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