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The Sorrows of Young Werther is a loosely based autobiographical novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It was first published in 1774 and is one of the most famous-and infamous-works in the history of literature. Werther, a sensitive young man falls in love with Lotte, a sweet-natured girl he meets while visitng an idyllic German village. Although Lotte is betrothed to Albert, Werther’s infatuation with her torments him to the point of despair and suicide.

Composed almost entirely of letters written by Werther to his friend Wilhelm, The Sorrows of Young Werther is a heartbreaking narrative about a doomed love. Werther, a young artist driven more by the heart than by reason, is already enraptured with the elusive Charlotte when she marries another man better suited to her class. To keep Charlotte near, Werther befriends her husband - a bid that becomes a torturous reminder of all he's lost.

Graham Hancock, an expert in ancient civilisations and author of the nine million selling Fingerprints of the Gods, and expert, too, on the use of hallucinogens to achieve higher states of consciousness, brings these two interests together in the final volume of the War God trilogy.

Enter the tormented heart of a young man overwhelmed by passion, beauty, and the crushing pain of unreturned love. In The Sorrows of Young Werther, Goethe presents the personal letters of Werther, a tender, idealistic artist who falls deeply for Charlotte—an alluring woman already engaged to someone else.

The setting is London, 1895, and the Devil is on the loose, in the guise of the handsome and charming Prince Lucio Rimânez. He is searching for someone morally strong enough to resist temptation, but there seems little chance he will succeed. Britain is all but totally corrupt. The aristocracy is financially and spiritually bankrupt, church leaders no longer believe in God, Victorian idealism has been banished from literature and life, and sexual morality is being undermined by the pernicious doctrines of the “New Woman”.

A new mix of strange characters and weird events brings Jake and Helen together again - this time they are further along the way to understanding the true power of The Philosopher's Stone: life eternal. Yet, others seek it too...

Relic Online is the hottest new game out there, and it's Devon Walker's best hope for escaping her hard-knock life. Thanks to her rocking achievements in other games, she's been hired as a salaried player. Even better, her new position comes with cutting-edge implants that turn RO's virtual reality into a full-sensory explosion. Her only task? Drive the game's creator AI to the outermost limits of its creativity. Sounds easy, right? But when Devon logs in, her expectations shatter like an ice golem hit with a sonic blast.

Werther, a sensitive young artist, finds himself in Wahlheim, a quiet, attractive village in Germany where he seeks solace from the turmoils of love. It is a young spring, and he hopes that arcadian solitude will prove a genial balm to his mind. But his romantic tendency rules otherwise, and he falls in love with Charlotte - Lotte - even though he knows she is affianced to another.

A woman married to an abusive man goes to court for help. There he attempts to justify his actions. But the court finds his defense is without merit and gives him what he deserves.

Manon Lescaut est bien plus qu'une simple histoire d'amour passionné ; c'est une plongée profonde dans la psychologie de deux êtres aux prises avec leurs démons intérieurs. Le chevalier des Grieux, jeune homme idéaliste et romantique, est aveuglé par son amour pour Manon, une femme complexe et énigmatique. Leur relation, aussi intense que destructrice, révèle la fragilité de l'âme humaine face aux passions dévorantes.

Quitteriez-vous tout ce que vous possédez en échange de l'éternité ? C'est la question existentielle que pose Balzac dans son roman sulfureux, "La Peau de chagrin". Raphaël de Valentin, un jeune homme désabusé, découvre un étrange objet : une peau d'animal capable d'exaucer tous ses désirs. Mais à chaque vœu réalisé, la peau rétrécit inexorablement, raccourcissant ainsi la vie de son propriétaire.

Werther er en ung og opprørsk romantiker med et hvileløst sinn, som forelsker seg i den stillferdige og vakre Lotte. Hun er imidlertid allerede forlovet med Werthers venn - den respektable embedsmannen Albert - som hun senere også gifter seg med. Werther må utad skjule sin altoppslukende lidenskap for Lotte og misunnelse når det gjelder Albert. I en spiral av seldestruktiv adferd og pinsel ender han med å betale den ultimate prisen for sine forbudte følelser.

Werther es un joven de carácter sensible y pasional que se enamora perdidamente de Charlotte, una mujer que se halla comprometida a otro hombre. Werther es un hombre apuesto que suscita el interés de muchas otras mujeres, pero él está enamorado de Charlotte, quien no lo ama, y a pesar del intenso dolor que le causa el amor no correspondido, Werther desarrolla una amistad íntima con ella.

这是一部主题明确，风格明媚的宋词赏析有声书。它以诗词为经，诗人为纬，漫谈古今人事沧桑……這是一部主題明確，風格明媚的宋詞賞析有聲書。它以詩詞為經，詩人為緯，漫談古今人事滄桑……

维特是一个向往自由、平等生活的青年，具有年轻人的多愁善感、坦诚可爱。他与夏绿蒂在一次舞会上相逢，并对她一见钟情。然而夏绿蒂却早已订婚…… 維特是一個嚮往自由、平等生活的青年，具有年輕人的多愁善感、坦誠可愛。他與夏綠蒂在一次舞會上相逢，並對她一見鍾情。然而夏綠蒂卻早已訂婚……

Pretty, unworldly Sophia is twenty-one years old and hastily married to a young painter called Charles. An artist's model with an eccentric collection of pets, she is ill-equipped to cope with the bohemian London of the 1930s, where poverty, babies (however much loved) and her husband conspire to torment her. Hoping to add some spice to her life, Sophia takes up with Peregrine, a dismal, ageing critic, and comes to regret her marriage - and her affair.

Werther es un joven de carácter sensible y pasional que se enamora perdidamente de Charlotte, una mujer que se halla comprometida a otro hombre. Werther es un hombre apuesto que suscita el interés de muchas otras mujeres, pero él está enamorado de Charlotte, quien no lo ama, y a pesar del intenso dolor que le causa el amor no correspondido, Werther desarrolla una amistad íntima con ella.

Las desventuras del joven Werther (1774) es uno de los libros más populares y conocidos dentro de la amplia y extensa obra de Johann Wolfgang Goethe, uno de los grandes autores del romanticismo europeo. Partiendo de una experiencia amorosa personal, Goethe traspone la historia de un amor imposible -el sentimiento de Werther hacia Carlota- que acaba en un final trágico.