This is Goethe's first novel, published in 1774. Written in diary form, it tells the tale of an unhappy, passionate young man hopelessly in love with Charlotte, the wife of a friend - a man who he alternately admires and detests. 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' became an important part of the 'Sturm und Drang movement, and greatly influenced later 'Romanticism'. The work is semi-autobiographical - in 1772, two years before the novel was published, Goethe had passed through a similar tempestuous period, when he lost his heart to Charlotte Buff, who was at that time engaged to his friend Johann Christian Kestner.

“Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poster: "Zan Zig performing with rabbit and roses"

Andy Warhol Goethe. 1982. Series of four screenprints: 96 × 96 cm (38 × 38 in) each.

some quotes that i think you could find in shauna shipman’s journal (and they’re all about jackie taylor) :

“I sometimes cannot understand how she can love another, how she dares love another, when I love nothing in this world so completely, so devotedly, as I love her, when I know only her, and have no other possession.” - The Sorrows of Young Werther, J. W. Goethe

“My imagination can shape no other figure but hers; I see everything around me only in its relationship to her.” - The Sorrows of Young Werther, J. W. Goethe

“I’m thinking only of my illness and my health, though both, the first as well as the second, are you.” - Letters to Milena, Franz Kafka

“I want to fill my mouth with your name. I want to eat you whole.” - Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, Pablo Neruda

you know what? fuck you *unwrites your book*

The Sorrows of Young Werther, Goethe This is 1 of 12 vintage paperback classics that comprise our current giveaway.

"November 3.

Witness, Heaven, how often I lie down in my bed with a wish, and even a hope, that I may never awaken again. And in the morning, when I open my eyes, I behold the sun once more, and am wretched."

The Sorrows of the young Werther, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, from The Sorrows of Young Werther, 1774

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe (from Napoleon’s Library), published 1774–1787

This was one of Napoleon’s favorite books, which he read over a dozen times.

Early 19th c.

The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1962

cover by Albert John Pucci

entering my german literature era

What happened after Goethe’s “The Sorrows of Young Werther” and Donna Tartt’s “The Secret History” has literally the same energy but a slightly different vibe

I coddle my heart like a sick child and give in to its every whim.

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I've only read a small part of "The Sorrows of Young Werther" today in german class today but damn. From my first impression, Werther is so similar to Alexei Ivanovich from "The Gambler" by Fyodor Dostoevsky and to the narrator of "White Nights" by Fyodor Dostoevsky as well.

They all give me the same kind of pathetic wet cat vibes. Just that one of them has a gambling addiction and that the other one actually doesn't commit sewerslide bc of not being able to get together with the girl he loved.

"Bizim en mutlu olduğumuz anlar, Tanrı'nın bizi sevimli bir deliliğin içine sürüklediği anlardır."

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe