The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings

The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings

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Publisher's Synopsis

The Sorrows of Young Werther brings to life an idyllic German village where a youth on vacation meets and falls for lovely Charlotte. The tragedy unfolds in the letters Werther writes to his friend about Charlotte's charms, even after he realizes his love will remain unrequited. "Reflections on Werther" and "Goethe in Sesenheim," collections of excerpts from the author's own memoirs, reveal the genius who, as Nietzsche said, "disciplined himself into wholeness." Next is "The New Melusina,"the delightful story of a pixie princess who assumes the form of a woman as she searches for a human mate. Finally, "The Fairy Tale" is a sophisticated but strange story in which the laws of nature and physics do not apply-mingled among its human characters is a cast of two sentient will-o'-the-wisps, a giant and his shadow, a talking green serpent, and four metal statues.

With an Introduction by Marcelle Clements

and a New Afterword

Book information

ISBN: 9780451418555
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint: Signet
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 272
Weight: 147g
Height: 170mm
Width: 105mm
Spine width: 18mm