Episode 2 of 2
Writing Completion
- When
- January–March 1774
- Where
- Unknown
Goethe finished the novel in early 1774.
Goethe, aged 24, completed The Sorrows of Young Werther in five and a half weeks of intensive writing during January to March 1774. The work is described as a short epistolary novel recounting an unhappy romantic infatuation.
Sources
- The Sorrows of Young Werther Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-21
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28
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