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Author: (German) Goethe
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The Sorrows of Young Werther is one of Goethe's most important works from his early period, a rich achievement of Germany's Sturm und Drang movement, and a treasure in the world's literary heritage. It became a sensation across the European continent upon its publication, sparking a Werther fever and quickly becoming a German literary work with significant international impact. Napoleon, who spent his life in military campaigns, carried The Sorrows of Young Werther with him and read it seven times. Goethe was Germany's greatest poet, writer, and thinker, one of the most important writers in Germany and Europe from the mid-18th century to the early 19th century, alongside Schiller as the twin gems of 19th-century German literature. It was selected for the Personal Ideal Library list by France's L'Express magazine. It was also recommended in the Chinese and Foreign Literary Reading List compiled by 14 professors, including Qian Xialin, Yang Zhouhan, and Li Funing, in 1986.