Presented as a collection of confessional letters written by the eponymous prota
gonist, 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' charts the emotional journey of a young m
an who, during a stay in a picturesque German village, falls in love with Lotte,
a local woman engaged to another man. As he realizes that his passion is doomed
to failure and constant pain, Werther contemplates taking the most drastic meas
ures.
