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  • Published: 19 April 1989
  • ISBN: 9780141921297
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 176

The Sorrows of Young Werther




A brand new imprint from Penguin Classics

You only find true love once.

When Werther dances with the beautiful Lotte, it seems as though he is in paradise. It is a joy, however, that can only ever be short-lived. Engaged to another man, she tolerates Werther's adoration and encourages his friendship. She can never return his love.

Broken-hearted, he leaves her home in the country, trying to escape his own desire. But when he receives a letter telling him that she is finally married, his passion soon turns to destructive obsession.

And as his life falls apart, Werther is haunted by one certainty:

He has lost his reason for living.

  • Published: 19 April 1989
  • ISBN: 9780141921297
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 176

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