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The Sorrows of Young Werther - Community Reviews back

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, R. Dillon Boylan
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jasdindeubel
jasdindeubel rated it 13 years ago
good story but it was really elongated
riley
riley rated it 14 years ago
I don't know if he originated the style or not but it's the earliest I've seen of it, there are a few inconsistencies but otherwise it's good.
audreyhawkins
audreyhawkins rated it 15 years ago
As a modern reader, I found _Werther_ a bit of a slog. It's full of flowery, over-the-top language that induced some eye-rolling. Additionally, you can blame Goethe for the whiny emo-boys whose only mode of art-making seems to be self-indulgent, navel-gazing confessionals. Yes, I blame Goethe. Howe...
Lavinia
Lavinia rated it 15 years ago
So who am I to judge Goethe's most famous work?Yep, right.Utterly romantic, utterly pastoral and oh, yes! utterly lamentable. Again, it came too late in my life.
Feliz Faber
Feliz Faber rated it 40 years ago
Oh Werther, Werther, how did you suffer for your unreachable Charlotte!There are people who actually LIKE the books they had to read in class. I'm one.
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 42 years ago
This story 1774.Manon Lescaut 1731.
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