The Sorrows of Young Werther

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote the roughly autobiographical epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther. Initially printed in 1774.

The tragic story of a destined love can be found in The Sorrows of Young Werther. When Charlotte marries another man who is more appropriate for her class, Werther, a young artist who is more motivated by emotion than by logic, is already smitten with the enigmatic Charlotte. A torturous reminder of everything he's lost, Werther befriends Charlotte's husband in an effort to keep Charlotte close. Then, out of genuine compassion, Charlotte can only think of one method to assist Werther in breaking away from his terrible passion, but he has a different escape strategy.