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The Sorrows of Young Werther ([ˈveːɐ̯tɐ]; German: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers), or simply Werther, is a 1774 epistolary novel by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, which appeared as a revised edition in 1787.
Die Leiden des jungen Werther by Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Premiere. 16 February 1892 (1892-02-16) Hofoper, Vienna (in German) Werther is an opera (drame lyrique) in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann (who used the pseudonym Henri Grémont).
- Preface
- Book I
- Book II.
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I have carefully collected whatever I have been able to learn of the story of poor Werther, and here present it to you, knowing that you will thank me for it. To his spirit and character you cannot refuse your admiration and love: to his fate you will not deny your tears. And thou, good soul, who sufferest the same distress as he endured once, draw...
MAY 4.
How happy I am that I am gone! My dear friend, what a thing is the heart of man! To leave you, from whom I have been inseparable, whom I love so dearly, and yet to feel happy! I know you will forgive me. Have not other attachments been specially appointed by fate to torment a head like mine? Poor Leonora! and yet I was not to blame. Was it my fault, that, whilst the peculiar charms of her sister afforded me an agreeable entertainment, a passion for me was engendered in her feeble heart? And y...
OCTOBER 20.
We arrived here yesterday. The ambassador is indisposed, and will not go out for some days. If he were less peevish and morose, all would be well. I see but too plainly that Heaven has destined me to severe trials; but courage! a light heart may bear anything. A light heart! I smile to find such a word proceeding from my pen. A little more lightheartedness would render me the happiest being under the sun. But must I despair of my talents and faculties, whilst others of far inferior abilities...
Read the classic epistolary novel by J.W. von Goethe, translated by R.D. Boylan and edited by Nathen Haskell Dole. Follow the tragic love story of Werther, a sensitive artist who falls in love with his friend's sister, and his reflections on nature, life and death.
Mar 26, 2017 · While breathing his life's last breaths, a chorus of children sings the Christmas carol her father taught them months before. Jules Massenet's opera, Werther, premiered in Vienna in 1892. Learn the story of Werther in this opera synopsis.
Feb 1, 2001 · The story revolves around Werther, a young artist who becomes deeply infatuated with a woman named Charlotte, who is already betrothed to another man, leading him into a spiral of emotional distress and romantic turmoil.
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
- Die Leiden des jungen Werther. English
- The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther, novel by J.W. von Goethe, published in German as Die Leiden des jungen Werthers in 1774. It was the first novel of the Sturm und Drang movement. The novel is the story of a sensitive, artistic young man who demonstrates the fatal effects of a predilection for.
Joyce DiDonato as Charlotte and Vittorio Grigolo as Werther sing 'Clair de lune' from Jules Massenet's opera Werther, with Antonio Pappano conducting the Orc...
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