The Sorrows Young Werther Audiobook

" This charmingly effusive short tale is such a lovely addition to my mind over and over again. "

" I am not sure I can wait until Book III for Werther to kill himself... "

" Okay, so since I read this in high school, in English, I don't really know how to rate this one honestly. But it's early Goethe, which means: Pathos! Melodrama! Over-the-top demonstrations of love and despair! I seem to remember one passage started with Werther saying "Oh today! Oh life! Oh mankind!" or something to that effect. If you like a bit of drama but don't like quite that much, Goethe's Faust (Part I) has the same Sturm und Drang thing going on, without quite so much wallowing. "

" Better written than many of his stories. He was an early writer - but this is the first thing I've read that had a conclusion to the story, which was much appreciated. Rambles (ailment of that period of literature) and was incredibly depressing. I will continue to slog through his collected works, though! "

" I liked it - wasn't a big fan of Werther until I saw the movie A Young Goethe in Love or Goethe! Watching this movie after reading the book made me appreciate it more. I think if you read it and you're not a fan, try the movie (the movie was great). "

" A slower pace than I'm used to, but absorbing all the same. "

" prefer the first part to the second part. Man in love is crazy. "

" Stunning...Corngold's translation is flawless. I'll be on a Goethe kick for a long, long time. "

" The sorrows of young Werther is, in my humble opinion, one of the best stories I have ever read. Simple, poetic, thoughtful and tragic. "

" The author vividly captures the heartwrenching love this young man feels for Charlotte. The author does an excellent job of describing human emotions in a chaotic turmoil without contridicting himself. The story is moving and gutwrenching. Don't read this book if you are lonely or depressed! "

" Had to read it in my German class. It's a bit like Goethe's diary, he was in love with the woman he could not get, so he wrote about it. In the story Werther killed himself. In real life, Goethe moved on. Sturm und Drang at its best! "

" This book was ok. It provided good discussion prompts about class divisions. In parts it was very boring and dragged on and on. The last 40 pages of the book were there best part. It is worth the effort to make it through the first 100 pages to get to the end. "

" Dark story about a young man... who fells in love of the wrong woman (as usual) "

" I've read several translations of this book (five, I think) and this is my favourite. Burton Pike sticks to Goethe's text more closely than most others, and carries the profound tone of the original right the way through without question. It's a beautiful translation. "

" A masterpiece! Haunting in every way. Romanticism at its best. The consequence of loving too much - of loving beyond yourself. This book I hold so dearly because I'm a hopeless romantic. "

" An interesting read, though not an easyone. Tragic and dramatic old english love junk. "

" If you know what unrequited love is, you will love it, you will hate it and you will understand everything. "

" For what it was (an assignment in this godawful Romantic German Literature class), it wasn't horrible. I can't say I enjoyed it, but it was the best thing we read in there. Not recommended for joy-reading. "

" I read it for school, and I will never regret reading it. I actually found a lot of myself in Werther, his words, feelings, suffering, and especially his way of expressing. I love it all. Romanticism is the best!! "

" Great classic. I'll probably read it again soon and have a better review. It goes fast, too. "

" As an American male, I found no connection with the effeminate German. All conflict was internal. All nature, everything and everyone except Werther, is entirely an impression of Werther's emotion. No subjectivity is offered to the other characters. "

" Tempted to give it 5 stars, but my lingering urge to slap Werther is still too strong. He was the original emo kid. "

" Bunuh diri adalah kehormatan "

" I am amazed that William kept writing him back. "

" Do you think napoleon would read a four-star book seven times? "

" The translation must have spoiled its oft-lauded beauty for me. The story, such as it is, forms the simple ur-text of romanticism and is still pervasive today. Yawn. The Ossian passages escaped my comprehension. I'll improve my understanding with some research. I found it a tough slog. "

" He's unhappy because he can't get the chick he wants. He kills himself, leaving the message he did it because of her. How nice of him. "

" Alas! Oh, alas! I'll never stop crying until the end of my days! Another such man really existed? Alas! Oh, alas! "

" A woeful tale of unrequited love and sentimental torment that led to the despondent protagonist's willful death. Never have I been moved by such a book; and so my question is: Was this work of tragedy too much, or simply enough? "