The suffering of the young Werther. Goethe I.V.

The history of mental torment and the tragic death of a subtle -feeling young man suffering from love for someone else's bride and indifference of secular society, so conquered the minds of the reading European public that led to a whole wave of suicide - the young peers of the Werther, obsessed with the thought of spiritual proximity with their favorite literary The hero, dozens, or perhaps hundreds, by his example, brought scores with life. Do other arguments need, what kind of talent and psychological convincing does this novel have?

In addition to the “suffering of the young Werther”, the collection also includes the poem “Herman and Dorothea” - a lyrical masterpiece of the love of a simple German peasant youth to accidentally met on the road by a young refugee from the French war.