The Sorrows of Young Werther
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe & David Constantine
- Release Date: 2012-05-10
- Genre: Classics
Drawing on his own unhappy experiences, Goethe's account of Werther's passionate love for Lotte, who is promised to another, is one of the first great Romantic tragic novels. David Constantine's new translation captures the novel's lyric intensity, and is accompanied by an introduction and notes that illuminate Goethe's achievement.