Sorrows of Young Werther

''I have so much and my feeling for her devours everything, I have so much and without her everything is nothing.'' The Sorrows of Young Werther propelled Goethe to instant fame when it first appeared in 1774. Goethe drew on his own unhappy experiences to tell the story of Werther, a young man tormented by his love for Lotte, a tender-hearted girl who is promised to someone else. Overwhelmed by h...