For ten points, identify this novel about a man who shoots himself, a work by Johann Goethe.
One character in this novel begs another to read passages of Ossian to calm himself down. Another character in this novel writes to a man married to his love interest to borrow a pistol, and that same character enjoys reading Homer at a village inn. The title character of this novel has his course decided for him when Wilhelm accepts a job offer with an ambassador, causing him to leave Walheim. The title character falls in love with a young woman who he meets at a ball, but he is warned not to love her because she is betrothed to another man, Charlotte. For ten points, identify this novel about a man who shoots himself, a work by Johann Goethe.
One character in this novel begs another to read passages of Ossian to calm himself down.
The {Sorrows of Young Werther }(also accept “Die {Leiden des jungen }{Werthers}”)