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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Modern Library Inc; 2005 Modern Library Paperback Ed edition (5 May 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0812969901
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812969900
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.2 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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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 Since 1917 The Modern Library prides itself as ''The modern Library of the world s Best Books''. Its paperback series feature treasured classics, major translations of great works, and rediscoveries of keen literary and historical merit.Featuring introductions by leading writers, stunning translations, scholarly endnotes and reading group guides. Production values emphasize superior quality and readability. Competitive prices, coupled with exciting cover design make these an ideal gift to be cherished by the avid reader.
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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Little Novel that Caused a Huge Sensation, 1 Dec 2002
By Bruce Kendall "BEK" (Southern Pines, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sorrows of Young Werther (Classics) (Paperback)
We tend to think of our era as unique when we descry the impact that the media has on our young people's behavior. Well the same thing happened 200 years ago when this book was first published. Impressionable young readers who identified so completely with Werther went out and committed suicide by the droves.

Werther is the prototypical Romantic male, who "feels" more deeply than the rest of humanity. Unlike Heathcliffe, who settles on revenge as an answer to his thwarted designs, Werther takes it out on himself. Of course, there's a great deal of self-destruction at work in Heathcliffe's persona too.

I would recommend this to a reader who is just getting to know Goethe. I read it when I was about eighteen and it definitely struck a nerve with me at that time. It made me want to read everything by Goethe I could find in translation.

Read it, and if you like it, as I am sure you will, go on to Goethe's two great Romantic novels, Elective Affinities and Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship. I found in my earlier readings that I never went wrong with Penguin Classics translations. They're normally all top-notch, whether Greek, Latin, French, German, Russian, etc. PS: If you're a young reader, please don't take Werther too much to heart. It's only a novel, ok?

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7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "Be on your guard...", 30 Mar 2004
This review is from: The Sorrows of Young Werther (Classics) (Paperback)
"...and take care not to fall in love!" Truly the first, and still the greatest, pieces of 'confessional' writing on the up's and down's, the trials and tribulations, that come with that awe-inspiring feeling we know as "love".

Whilst a previous reviewer noted this book is not for the recently heart broken, I would say the contrary. Anyone who has experienced both the passionate and romantic conditions of love, and has been affected in all aspects of their life as a result - hint: if you haven't then chances are you have not actually experienced love in its entirity! - simply MUST own a copy of this classic!

It is actually of great comfort in many resepcts, inasmuch as you can relate so directly with the feelings described, so to make the reader aware of the fact that you are not the first nor the last to have simultaneously enjoyed and endured such feelings.

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5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Tragic Love Story, 20 Mar 2002
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This book is possibly the most moving account of a young mans love. The words are so beautifully written and with such poignancy the reader is left with a heavy heart aching for the tragic young Werther.
I personally found reading this book to Beethovens Moonlight Sonata created a mood suited to the occasion. Not for the recently broken hearted
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, it really touched a part of my soul.
The sorrows of young Werther is, in my humble opinion, one of the best stories I have read.

The majority of the narrative is written in the words of Werther himself... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Chris Sams

5.0 out of 5 stars Profound - but not for everyone

I read this book as part of my English degree, and turned out to be the only person in class to really enjoy it. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mysterio

4.0 out of 5 stars Not a story for the cynics!
Werther falls in love with a woman who is engaged to another man. As a result he suffers miserably, tormented by his existence, unable to dispel the burning desire in his `sorely... Read more
Published on 27 Dec 2006 by Room For A View

2.0 out of 5 stars Disapointing
I expected to enjoy this book. I'm keen on literature from this period and I'm not averse to a bit of tragedy. Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2005

1.0 out of 5 stars Overwrought and unbelievable
'TSOYW' is touted as being one of Europes first tragic novels. It follows the story of Werther's love for Lotte, a love that is doomed to be unfulfilled because she is marrying... Read more
Published on 24 Sep 2004 by Depressaholic

5.0 out of 5 stars The greatest love story ever written
As I said on the title, compared to Werther, Romeo and Juliet is a simple boring theatre piece. The second greatest book I've ever read. Read more
Published on 29 Aug 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Ever
The greatest love story ever, replete with a self-inflicted bullet wound to the head. Goethe wasn't ahead of his time, he was ahead of his species. Read more
Published on 20 July 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Haunting and relatable
The Sorrows of Young Werther is an everchanging book. At first, Werther despises people who are the depressed kind. Later, he becomes one of them himself. Read more
Published on 16 July 1999

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