The Sorrows of Young Werther-少年维特的烦恼

作者：Von Goethe Johann Wolfgang

书名：The Sorrows of Young Werther《少年维特的烦恼》

中文简介：《少年维特的烦恼》（德语：Die Leiden des jungen Werthers）是第一部让歌德在德国几乎一夜成名的小说。书中绝大部分的情节是在维特写给朋友威廉的信中叙述的。

作为一个还不清楚自己人生目标的年轻人，维特离开了市民的世界，来到了W城。在那里，他从在自然中游荡和练习绘画中获得享受，因为他认为自己是个艺术家。一天他被邀请参加舞会，在这次舞会上，他认识了公务员的女儿绿蒂，绿蒂在母亲去世之后照顾着八个兄弟姐妹。维特先前就知道她已经订过婚，却不顾这些，立刻爱上了她。舞会期间下了一场暴雨。两人想到了克洛普斯托克的同一首诗，并由此意识到了两人间深深的灵魂的亲和力。从此，绿蒂和维特一起度过了很多时光。

英文简介：This is Goethe's first novel, published in 1774. Written in diary form, it tells the tale of an unhappy, passionate young man hopelessly in love with Charlotte, the wife of a friend - a man who he alternately admires and detests. 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' became an important part of the 'Sturm und Drang movement, and greatly influenced later 'Romanticism'. The work is semi-autobiographical - in 1772, two years before the novel was published, Goethe had passed through a similar tempestuous period, when he lost his heart to Charlotte Buff, who was at that time engaged to his friend Johann Christian Kestner.