Werter and Charlotte

Title: Werter and Charlotte: the sorrows of Werter, a German story: to which is annexed, The letters of Charlotte to a female friend, during her connection with Werter.Author: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang vonPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03276200CollectionID: CTRG00-B706PublicationDate: 17980101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: "The whole of both works complete in one volume." A collection of two works, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and William James, both previously published separately. First work a translation of: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (Leipzig, 1774). Translation variously attributed to Richard Graves and Daniel Malthus, but probably made by the latter, based on the French version of Georges Deyverdun, published under the title: Werther (Maastricht, 1776). The second work, published anonymously, was written by William James in allusion to Goethe's The sorrows of Werter. First work, in translation, originally published under title: The sorrows of Werter. A German story (London, 1779). Second work originally publlished under title: The letters of Charlotte, during her connection with Werter (London, 1786). Pages 151-154 misnumbered cli-cliv. Page 226 misnumbered 266.Collation: 284 p.; 18 cm