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  Amazon.com: The Sorrows of Young Werther (Penguin Classics): Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Michael Hulse: Books
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  The Editor to the Reader. Goethe, J. W. von. 1917. The Sorrows of Werther. Vol. XV, Part 1. Harvard Classics Shelf of ...
The latter shook his head doubtingly; and although Werther urged his case with the utmost zeal, feeling, and determination in defence of his client, yet, as we may easily suppose, the judge was not much influenced by his appeal.
Werther, however, did not abandon his enterprise, and even besought the judge to connive at the flight of the prisoner.
Werther supported his forehead on Charlotte’s arm: she trembled, she wished to be gone; but sorrow and sympathy lay like a leaden weight upon her soul.
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 werther.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It is because of Werther, for instance, that the calm introspectiveness of Rousseau's Reveries of a Solitary Walker was able to transform itself into the brooding and volatile interiority of Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.
Werther helped to make clear that the shift from the Enlightenment to Romanticism was not simply a shift in cultural fashion but a transformation of sensibility and affect.
Werther's passion, accordingly, assumed the form of a spectacle, with its own attendant and inexorable stations of the cross, that revealed that the minute inspection of the self could turn into an abyss from which no form of management or regulation might be salvaged.
www.english.ccsu.edu /barnetts/werther.htm   (1195 words)

  
 Shepherd School of Music - WERTHER
Werther is later confronted with the question of what will prove the greater bravery: to commit suicide and end his torment or to accept life's harshness and continue a lonely, meaningless existence.
The music in "Werther" is of the French opera during the Romantic Period and is challenging for the singers on many levels, Franciosi said.
Tickets for "Werther" are $10 for general admission and $8 for students and senior citizens.
www.ruf.rice.edu /~musi/news/werther_opera.html   (509 words)

  
 Werther - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Werther is an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann based on the German novella The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Werther and Charlotte return very late, and he is already enamoured with her.
Werther has sent a message to Albert requesting to borrow his pistols, explaining he is going on an extended trip.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Werther   (586 words)

  
 GradeSaver: ClassicNote: The Sorrows of Young Werther Study Guide
We learn through Werther’s responses that Wilhelm is attempting to convince Werther to apply for the position at the Legation under Count C in order to escape an impossible situation.
Werther collapses in grief with the knowledge that he cannot stand to be near the one he loves any longer.
Werther’s initial response to Albert’s arrival is to leave—and it would have been wise for him to do so, in retrospect—but, without any explanation other than his “inner restlessness,” he stays.
www.gradesaver.com /classicnotes/titles/werther/section4.html   (996 words)

  
 Burwick, "Goethe's Werther and Frankenstein"   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mary Shelley's "hideous progeny" is a composition of identifiable texts from the male literary canon; to penetrate this outer layer the reader is forced to decipher the subversive discourse as well as her use of structure, narrative technique and application of traditional genres, such as the epistolary novel.
Werther's account of his "happiness" and "sorrows" becomes an important text in the education of the creature who was only familiar with the "tales" of the De Lacey family.
Werther is conveniently abroad when Lotte and Albert get married; when he returns Lotte has complied with the laws of a patriarchal society: like a "treasured" object she has gone from the hands of her father to the hands of her husband.
www.english.upenn.edu /Projects/knarf/Articles/burwick.html   (4579 words)

  
 GradeSaver: ClassicNote: The Sorrows of Young Werther Study Guide - Character List
The Count and Werther are kindred spirits of sorts, who are barred from fully realizing their friendship by the social conventions that keep a bourgeois man like Werther from fraternizing too openly with an aristocrat.
Werther, for his part, is infatuated with her almost to the point of madness.
Werther goes through life in his blue frock coat and yellow waistcoat, conversing brilliantly (though rather contentiously) with all who will listen, ruminating on his memories as well as subjective philosophy, and increasingly despairing of life and fate.
www.gradesaver.com /classicnotes/titles/werther/charlist.html   (1167 words)

  
 Botting, "Frankenstein, Werther and the Monster of Love"   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Werther, too, is possessed by a monstrous figure, undergoing the dramatic reversals characteristic of the Romantic subject of love.
Werther, it seems, predicates his ideal on the wish to recuperate the lost figure of his own ego.
Albert and Werther are brought to the brink of ecstasy by Lotte's relation of the story of a wonderful mother.
www.english.upenn.edu /Projects/knarf/Articles/botting.html   (11081 words)

  
 The Sorrows of Young Werther: A Study in Adolescence
As Werther's feelings grow stronger, she begins to pity him and is too kind-hearted to make a clean break of their relationship -- until Werther definitively crosses the bounds of propriety, at which point she suffers considerably but nevertheless knows where her loyalty lies.
Werther brings enormous suffering to Lotte over the course of the novel and never gives the slightest consideration to the effect his behavior is having upon her.
Werther is not deserving of the adoration, even emulation, lavished upon him by the reading public of the 1770's, but he is deserving of our pity.
home.grandecom.net /~maher/writings/werther.htm   (1620 words)

  
 The Sorrows of Young Werther | WERTHER'sWORLD
It is in his letters that Werther realizes his strong feelings for Lotte might be his doom for the sentiment of absolute love remains one-sided; he ultimately decides to leave her in order to save him.
Werther rejects all of Albert's arguments and passionately defends the right to suicide, which he deems to be an expansion of natural death.
Werther does not confine himself to mere contemplation of nature and a description of what he sees, but perceives his feelings to be reflected by nature.
www.fortunecity.de /lindenpark/goethe/1/werthere.htm   (3390 words)

  
 The Sorrows of Young Werther
Charlotte was a beautiful and charming girl, and despite the fact that she was betrothed to another young man, who had not been present at the ball, Werther had fallen deeply in love with her at first sight.
At the dance, Werther had demanded much of her attention, and he had begun to ask her about Albert, her fiancé, when a storm had suddenly interrupted the dance.
Werther was jealous of Albert but wrote that he nevertheless admired his rival’s fine character.
www.teachnologist.com /frankenquest/sorrows_of_young_werther.htm   (1043 words)

  
 Roberto Alagna - Werther New York 2004
This season, "Werther" is being mounted for Roberto Alagna, whose performance Friday night was perhaps his finest at the Met since his 1996 debut.
As an actor he can sometimes be self-absorbed, but that quality was perfect for Werther, who falls instantly and helplessly in love with the good-hearted Charlotte, the lovely eldest daughter and surrogate mother to the children of the widowed Bailiff (the manager of the royal estate at Wetzlar in late 18th-century Germany).
"Werther" has been a rarity at the Met, although it is full of meaty, late 19th century music, served in a rich, romantic gravy of orchestration.
www.jcarreras.homestead.com /AlagnaRevWertherNY04.html   (2823 words)

  
 WowEssays.com - The Sorrows Of Young Werther   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Werther is almost frustrated due to the lower class’ inability to live freely but work and farm most of their time.
Werther’s opinions on the surrounding society, thus, enables him often to interact with people in his own social class, as he keeps comparing their lifestyle to his own.
Werther at this time is clearly happy; therefore, it might be that love is the answer for his loneliness and passion.
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 Andrea Bocelli Official Site :: Newsportal :: Records :: Werther
Werther appears and, standing to one side, reflects on the summer evening atmosphere of the picturesque village.
Werther is touched by the scene of contented domesticity and goes off with Charlotte to the ball.
Werther, impressed by this gesture, replies that he will be loyal to them both.
www.andreabocelli.org /newLP/werther.html   (1478 words)

  
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WERTHER Oui, ce qu'elle m'ordonne Yes, what she orders of me Pour son repos, je le ferai; For her peace of mind, I will do it.
WERTHER Si cela m' était refusé, si la terre chrétienne If this were refused to me, if Christian ground est interdite au corps d' un malheureux, is forbidden for the body of a poor wretch, près du chemin ou dans le vallon solitaire, Near the road or in the lonely valley, allez placer ma tombe!
WERTHER Mais, à la dérobée quelque femme But, in secret, a certain woman viendra visiter le banni, et d'une douce larme, Will come to visit the exile, and by one sweet tear, en son ombre tombée, Fallen on his shadow, le mort, le pauvre mort, se sentira béni...
www.aria-database.com /translations/werther.txt   (6452 words)

  
 Welcome to Werther International
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 [minstrels] Sorrows of Werther -- William Makepeace Thackeray
Charlotte was a married lady, And a moral man was Werther, And, for all the wealth of Indies, Would do nothing for to hurt her.
The reference is to Goethe's 'The Sorrows of Young Werther', a work that apparently inspired a lot of poems[1], though it's a pretty safe bet none of them took quite the tone of Thackeray's piece.
That the sensitive and refined Werther would later become the inspiration for countless effusions of Victorian sentimentality is ironic in the extreme - Goethe himself was anything but a Romantic :-).
www.cs.rice.edu /~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/183.html   (579 words)

  
 Werther
Werther, who passed away in January 2001, was one of the most important sires of the modern Hanoverian breed.
The offspring of Werther are performance horses of the highest quality.
Werther was the sire of 39 licensed sons, five of them are State stallions at the Celle State Stud.
www.superiorequinesires.com /stallions/werther.htm   (134 words)

  
 The Sorrows of Young Werther - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The majority of the novel is presented as a collection of letters written by Werther, a young artist of a highly sensitive and passionate temperament, and sent to his friend Wilhelm.
In these letters, Werther gives a very intimate account of his stay in the fictional village of Wahlheim (based on the town of Garbenheim, near Wetzlar), where he meets and falls in love with Lotte, a beautiful young girl who is taking care of her siblings following the death of their mother.
It was the basis for the 1892 opera Werther by Jules Massenet.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Sorrows_of_Young_Werther   (1035 words)

  
 Stuart Alexander - Werther's Original product information
Werther’s Original is the No. 1 brand of the Storck group and the No. 2 sugar confectionery brand worldwide.
As of January 2003, Werther's Original will be enjoying national distribution in the demanding Japanese market.
Over the years, as well as the favourite Werther’s brand, Storck has built unique unmistakable brands such as Mamba, Campino and Toffifee.
www.stuartalexander.com.au /brands/werthers/productinfo.asp   (116 words)

  
 Werther
Werther was the very first stallion honored by the title "Hanoverian Stallion of the Year" in 1992.
Werther is a 16H 1" chestnut Hanoverian stallion.
Werther is by the great Hanoverian stallion, Wendekreis, from whom he gets strength, bone and jumping ability.
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 Werther - abmusica.com
Night has fallen when they return, and Werther tells her of his love; but Charlotte says she had promised to marry another, and Werther, learning who her fiancé is, goes off brokenhearted prophesying that he must die if Charlotte weds Albert.
The despondent Werther prays to God for help; and when Sophie comes to claim him for the first minuet, which he had promised her, he turns violently on her, saying that he is leaving at once and will never return.
Albert then returns, hears that Werther is back in town, finds his wife very much troubled, and is handed a note from Werther, asking him for a loan of his pistols as he is off for a long journey.
www.abmusica.com /werther.htm   (1238 words)

  
 Head Butler - Books
Werther is crushed: "The idiot now stares with wide eyes because the other man really arrives and carries off the girl." His happiness is gone; life is misery.
Try as he might, Werther has no ability to end his fixation: "I cannot understand how another can, how he dare love her, since I alone love her completely..." But he always acts the gent around Albert, and maintains his status as best friend to Lotte.
Forget that Werther is far more miserable than you ever dreamed possible --- in your letters (okay, your e-mails) you can use some of his best lines.
www.headbutler.com /books/sorrows_young_werther.asp   (686 words)

  
 Werther - Moviefone
Synopsis: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1774 novel The Sorrows of Young Werther is reputed to have single-handedly instituted the Romantic movement which gave...
Werther - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies - New York Times Werther is a man desperately in love with Charlotte, who is engaged to marry his close friend...
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 Classical Voice Review - Werther, Lisbon - 4 March 2004
She barely manages to move without a walking-stick, for she carries with her the guilt of Werther’s death and the unhappiness of a dutiful, but frustrating marriage.
It could be just a fleeting fling or a more tender friendship, but, when we witness Charlotte voluptuously caressing Werther’s letters against her body, we know it is love, the eternal kind.
Giuseppe Sabbatini as Werther, Monica Bacelli as Charlotte, Act IV Werther brought with it the return of Giuseppe Sabbatini to the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos.
www.classicalvoice.org /reviews/werther_lisbon032004.htm   (1164 words)

  
 Storck - Part of Your World - Werther's Original
Over 100 years ago, in the small European village of Werther, one family created a special recipe for making candy.
It was handmade with care and pure ingredients, like real butter and fresh cream, with a recipe that has been handed down from generation to generation.
Today, Werther's Original is made in the same tradition with an old-world recipe, high-quality ingredients and classic taste - which is why this delicious and unique candy has become so popular all over the world.
www.storck.us /en/brand/werther/index.php   (131 words)

  
 Andrea Bocelli Official Site :: Newsportal :: Records :: Werther
E’ strano perché, anche se si tratta di un ruolo che il più delle volte è interpretato da tenori lirici, esiste anche una versione del Werther scritta per i baritoni.
Il Werther che ho cercato di rappresentare è questo giovane passionale, esuberante.
Il personaggio di Werther si adatta alla perfezione alla voce di Andrea Bocelli.
www.andreabocelli.com /2006/werther.html   (1470 words)

  
 Werther Report: The Sunk Cost Fallacy
Discussion Threads - Previous Werther Reports can be found in Comment#s: 507, 504, 492, 466, 458, 453, 441, 421, 419
With a sense of deep foreboding, I asked my good friend Werther, a neo-Helgelian genius with a touch of madness and Mencken, for his take on the human predilection to persevere in the face of unambiguous evidence to the contrary.
*Werther is the pen name of a defense analyst who lives in Northern Virginia
www.d-n-i.net /fcs/comments/c509.htm   (1181 words)

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