Download The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Goethe - mirror 1 --- mirror 2 --- mirror 3 -- --------------- br Synopsis: “The Sorrows of Young Werther” is a tragic story written by literary genius Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. First published in 1774, it is the story of a sensitive young man who is in love with a married woman who rejects him. Goethe has brilliantly captured the poignancy and destructive effects of unrequited love.