博客來Young Werther is an idealistic dreamer who finds himself hopelessly in love with the beautiful, yet unattainable, Charlotte. As his passion deepens, his longing turns into an unbearable torment, leading him down a path of profound despair. Can a soul consumed by love find peace in a world that denies it happiness?
A defining work of the Romantic era, The Sorrows of Young Werther is a deeply emotional and tragic tale of love and longing. Written in an intimate epistolary style, the novel follows Werther, a sensitive young man whose infatuation with Charlotte, a woman already promised to another, spirals into obsession and heartbreak. Goethe’s masterpiece explores the intensity of human emotion, the struggle between passion and reason, and the devastating consequences of unfulfilled love
