The Sorrows of a Young Werther

Sensitive, passionate, artistic Werther devoutly writes his friend Wilhelm about his stay in the lovely village of Wahlheim, whose quaint lifestyle and kind people enthrall the young artist. Despite himself, he begins to fall for the beautiful Lotte, a caregiver to her younger siblings and the fiancee of another man. The best of intentions go awry as Werther is increasingly torn between decorum and passion.

It only took six weeks of intensive writing to finish the novel that inspired the budding Romantic movement and made von Goethe an international literary star.