The title character of this novel is rebuked by a judge when he unsuccessfully attempts to acquit a peasant, who he knows is guilty of murder. The title character encounters a crazy man, who is gathering nosegays for his imaginary mistress after resigning from a position assisting an ambassador that Wilhelm had acquired for him. After an intimate reading of Ossian's poetry ends badly when one character locks herself in her room, the title character borrows two pistols from Albert to commit suicide over his unrequited love for Charlotte. For 10 points, name this novel, which inspired a series of copycat suicides, writt
The title character of this novel is rebuked by a judge when he unsuccessfully attempts to acquit a peasant, who he knows is guilty of murder. The title character encounters a crazy man, who is gathering nosegays for his imaginary mistress after resigning from a position assisting an ambassador that Wilhelm had acquired for him. After an intimate reading of Ossian's poetry ends badly when one character locks herself in her room, the title character borrows two pistols from Albert to commit suicide over his unrequited love for Charlotte. For 10 points, name this novel, which inspired a series of copycat suicides, written by Goethe.
The title character of this novel is rebuked by a judge when he unsuccessfully attempts to acquit a peasant, who he knows is guilty of murder.
The Sorrows of Young Werther [or Die Leiden des Jungen Werther]