" The title character fails to exonerate a peasant accused of murder and is begged to read aloud some lines from (*) Ossian.
One character in this work describes his desire for the solitude of reading Homer and drinking good coffee. Another character leads guests into a curtained room to play at "counting" and alludes to the poem "Wingolf" when she lays her hand on the protagonist's arm and says "Klopstock." The title character fails to exonerate a peasant accused of murder and is begged to read aloud some lines from (*) Ossian. Fräulein von B is introduced to the title character when he works in a government post obtained by his friend Wilhelm, to whom this epistolary novel is narrated. Unable to bear the marriage of Albert and Lotte, the title character shoots himself. For 10 points, name this suicide epidemic-provoking work by Goethe.
One character in this work describes his desire for the solitude of reading Homer and drinking good coffee.
The {Sorrows} of {Young Werther} [or Die Leiden des Jungen Werthers]