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The Sorrows of Young Werther · Die Leiden des jungen Werther

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Translated by R. D. Boylan

A young man falls in love with Lotte, who is promised to another, and writes it all to a friend: the letters that made Goethe famous and all Europe weep, in German and English.

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  • German: Die Leiden des jungen Werther, Hamburger Ausgabe, Band 6 (Project Gutenberg #2407 and #2408, prepared by Michael Pullen, proofread by Dr. Mary Cicora).
  • English: The Sorrows of Young Werther, translated by R. D. Boylan, edited by Nathan Haskell Dole (Project Gutenberg #2527). The translator’s preface has no German counterpart in this edition.

Contents · 89

  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Book I · May 4, 1771
  3. 3Book I · May 10
  4. 4Book I · May 12
  5. 5Book I · May 13
  6. 6Book I · May 15
  7. 7Book I · May 17
  8. 8Book I · May 22
  9. 9Book I · May 26
  10. 10Book I · May 27
  11. 11Book I · May 30
  12. 12Book I · June 16
  13. 13Book I · June 19
  14. 14Book I · June 21
  15. 15Book I · June 29
  16. 16Book I · July 1
  17. 17Book I · July 6
  18. 18Book I · July 8
  19. 19Book I · July 10
  20. 20Book I · July 11
  21. 21Book I · July 13
  22. 22Book I · July 16
  23. 23Book I · July 18
  24. 24Book I · July 19
  25. 25Book I · July 24
  26. 26Book I · July 26
  27. 27Book I · July 30
  28. 28Book I · August 8
  29. 29Book I · Evening
  30. 30Book I · August 10
  31. 31Book I · August 12
  32. 32Book I · August 15
  33. 33Book I · August 18
  34. 34Book I · August 21
  35. 35Book I · August 22
  36. 36Book I · August 28
  37. 37Book I · August 30
  38. 38Book I · September 3
  39. 39Book I · September 10
  40. 40Book II · October 20, 1771
  41. 41Book II · November 26
  42. 42Book II · December 24
  43. 43Book II · January 8, 1772
  44. 44Book II · January 20
  45. 45Book II · February 8
  46. 46Book II · February 17
  47. 47Book II · February 20
  48. 48Book II · March 15
  49. 49Book II · March 16
  50. 50Book II · March 24
  51. 51Book II · A Note
  52. 52Book II · April 19
  53. 53Book II · May 5
  54. 54Book II · May 9
  55. 55Book II · May 25
  56. 56Book II · June 11
  57. 57Book II · June 16
  58. 58Book II · June 16
  59. 59Book II · July 29
  60. 60Book II · August 4
  61. 61Book II · August 21
  62. 62Book II · September 3
  63. 63Book II · September 4
  64. 64Book II · September 5
  65. 65Book II · September 6
  66. 66Book II · September 12
  67. 67Book II · September 15
  68. 68Book II · October 10
  69. 69Book II · October 10
  70. 70Book II · October 19
  71. 71Book II · October 19
  72. 72Book II · October 27
  73. 73Book II · October 27, evening
  74. 74Book II · October 30
  75. 75Book II · November 8
  76. 76Book II · November 15
  77. 77Book II · November 21
  78. 78Book II · November 22
  79. 79Book II · November 24
  80. 80Book II · November 26
  81. 81Book II · November 30
  82. 82Book II · December 1
  83. 83Book II · December 4
  84. 84Book II · December 6
  85. 85Book II · The Editor to the Reader
  86. 86Book II · December 12
  87. 87Book II · December 14
  88. 88Book II · December 20
  89. 89Book II · After Eleven