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What does /lit/ think of Werther? Finished this a couple weeks ago and honestly loved it. Maybe just because of Goethe’s flowery writing and I’m a romantic faggot.

>> No.14980986

>inb4 he was an incel

>> No.14980991

>>14980980
Therapeutic and instructional. Also incredible prose.

>> No.14980992

>>14980980
It's decent. I don't see how it influenced people to kill themselves. Maybe I need to read it in German.

>> No.14980998

>>14980992
It was another time.

>> No.14981012

>>14980991
>>14980980
which edition should I read?

>> No.14981023

>>14981012
I personally really liked the Penguin Classics (Hulse) translation but that’s just me

>> No.14981550

>>14980980
>oh man...he's literally me!

>> No.14981561

>>14980980
it’s been a couple years but I still remember it which is a good sign

>> No.14981569

Literally
>Faggot kills himself because tfw no gf
Read Faust or Schiller instesd

>> No.14981574

>>14981569
Literally
>22yo Goethe writes national epic while waiting for a position in the royal court

Eat it