

The Sorrows Young Werther
Author: Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Narrator: Don Hagen
Unabridged: 4 hr 44 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Ascent Audio
Published: 01/20/2010
Synopsis
Werther, a sensitive young man falls in love with Lotte, a sweet-natured girl he meets while visitng an idyllic German village. Although Lotte is betrothed to Albert, Werther’s infatuation with her torments him to the point of despair and suicide. The book, consisting almost entirely of letters written by Werther to his friend Wilhelm, was an immediate success and developed a large cult following, resulting in copycat suicides.
Based on Goethe’s unrequited love for Charlotte Buff, it is the first great “confessional” novel and turned Goethe into one of the first international literary celebrities.