The sorrows of Werter: a German story. ...

This book might be part of the Eighteenth century -- reel 3811, no. 06. series.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: The sorrows of Werter: a German story. ... (1780, printed for C. Jackson)

The Sorrows of Young Werther (German: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers) is an epistolary novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. First published in 1774, it reappeared as a revised edition in 1787. It was one of the most important novels in the Sturm und Drang period in German literature, and influenced the later Romantic movement. Goethe, aged 24 at the time, finished Werther in five-and-a-half weeks of intensive writing in January–March 1774. The book's publication instantly placed the author among the foremost international literary celebrities, and was among the best …

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Published Jan. 6, 1780 by printed for C. Jackson.

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