The Suffering of Young Werther

Goethe got the idea for the novel that established his worldwide fame during his apprenticeship as a trainee at the court. Apart from his own love, the suicide of his colleague served as a subject for the author. The Suffering of Young Werther (1774) is a combination of a novel in letters and a novel of a diary, in which the writer manages to brilliantly combine the rich inner world of the protagonist, the depiction of his mental states and the authenticity given to the whole text by the notes and the account of Werther's death. Johann Wolfgang Goethe: The Suffering of Young Werther | Read by Jaroslav Plesl and Jan Vlasák | Directed by Vlado Rusko | Sound, editing and mastering by Rostislav Koňařík | Music by Ivan Acher | Recorded in Mixing Studio. Today | Graphics by Jana Rybová | Production by Petra Kinclová | Supervision by Kateřina Višinská | Published by Euromedia Group, a. does - Témbr, November 2022 | 1 MP3 CD | 5 h 04 min. Johann Wolfgang Goethe: The Suffering of Young Werther DIE LEIDEN DES JUNGEN WERTHERS Translation © Jana Zoubková, 2017, 2022 Published by Euromedia Group, a. p., published by Odeon, 2022 Johan Wolfgang Goethe (* 28 August 1749 in Frankfurt am Main) was born into a bourgeois family (during his lifetime he was elevated to aristocratic status). Except for one sister, all the siblings died of smallpox. His father, who was an imperial councillor, brought up his son very conscientiously and devoted himself to his education. Young Goethe learned Greek, Latin, Hebrew, French, English, and Italian, he knew well the literature in these languages. He also rode horses and practiced fencing. After studying law in Leipzig and poetics, stylistics and other disciplines, he began to write his own poetry. After his studies, he returned to his hometown and started to practice law. From the end of 1775 until his death, Goethe lived as minister of state at the court in Weimar, from where he made short trips abroad. He travelled extensively in Italy, especially Rome, where he was interested in ancient monuments. Later, he liked to visit Bohemia, especially the spa towns of Karlovy Vary, Teplice and Mariánské Lázně. Throughout his life he had his loves and muses that inspired his work. In October 1806 he married Christiane Vulpius, who unfortunately died 10 years later. In Marienbad, Goethe met his last love, the seventeen-year-old Ulrika von Levetzow, as an old man. They met in 1821, Goethe was 72 years old. They saw each other again in 1822 and 1823. The poet proposed to Ulrika, but she refused. Goethe expressed his disappointment in the poem Elegy of Marienbad. He died at the age of 83 from a cold after a horseback ride. The most famous works: The Sorrows of Young Werther, Faust, Iphigenia at Tauris, William Meister's Years of Apprenticeship, William Meister's Years of Apprenticeship.