# Sorrows of Young Werther

An audiobook by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, read by LibriVox volunteers (4 h 43 min, English).

The Sorrows of Young Werther (German, Die Leiden des jungen Werther, originally published as Die Leiden des jungen Werthers) is an epistolary and loosely autobiographical novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774. The story follows the life and sorrows of Werther after he falls desperately in love with a young woman who is married to another. A climactic scene prominently features Goethe's own German translation of a portion of James Macpherson's Ossian cycle of poems, which had originally been presented as translations of ancient works, and was later found to have been written by Macpherson. (Introduction by Wikipedia and Barry Eads)

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## Chapters

1. 01 - Book 1, May Entries (29:59): https://archive.org/download/sorrows_young_werther_1003_librivox/sorrowsyoungwerther_01_goethe_64kb.mp3
2. 02 - Book 1, June Entries (26:05): https://archive.org/download/sorrows_young_werther_1003_librivox/sorrowsyoungwerther_02_goethe_64kb.mp3
3. 03 - Book 1, July Entries (29:23): https://archive.org/download/sorrows_young_werther_1003_librivox/sorrowsyoungwerther_03_goethe_64kb.mp3
4. 04 - Book 1, August Entires (31:37): https://archive.org/download/sorrows_young_werther_1003_librivox/sorrowsyoungwerther_04_goethe_64kb.mp3
5. 05 - Book 1, September Entries (10:20): https://archive.org/download/sorrows_young_werther_1003_librivox/sorrowsyoungwerther_05_goethe_64kb.mp3
6. 06 - Book 2, October - February Entries (18:34): https://archive.org/download/sorrows_young_werther_1003_librivox/sorrowsyoungwerther_06_goethe_64kb.mp3
7. 07 - Book 2, March - July Entries (19:07): https://archive.org/download/sorrows_young_werther_1003_librivox/sorrowsyoungwerther_07_goethe_64kb.mp3
8. 08 - Book 2, August - October Entries (19:47): https://archive.org/download/sorrows_young_werther_1003_librivox/sorrowsyoungwerther_08_goethe_64kb.mp3
9. 09 - Book 2, November - Dec. 6 (20:00): https://archive.org/download/sorrows_young_werther_1003_librivox/sorrowsyoungwerther_09_goethe_64kb.mp3
10. 10 - Book 2, Editor to Reader - Dec. 15 (19:51): https://archive.org/download/sorrows_young_werther_1003_librivox/sorrowsyoungwerther_10_goethe_64kb.mp3
11. 11 - Book 2, December 20 Part 1 (14:53): https://archive.org/download/sorrows_young_werther_1003_librivox/sorrowsyoungwerther_11_goethe_64kb.mp3
12. 12 - Book 2, December 20 Part 2 (20:53): https://archive.org/download/sorrows_young_werther_1003_librivox/sorrowsyoungwerther_12_goethe_64kb.mp3
13. 13 - Book 2, December 20 Part 3 (22:45): https://archive.org/download/sorrows_young_werther_1003_librivox/sorrowsyoungwerther_13_goethe_64kb.mp3