Classic Reader: The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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This site features the author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe including a biography, the full text of the novel The Sorrows of Young Werther, the poem "The Erlking", and the drama Faust Part 1.

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The entire text of Faust by Goethe formatted for online reading.

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