When Werther dances with the beautifulLotte, it seems as though he is in paradise. It is a joy, however, that can only ever be shortlived. Engaged to another man, she tolerates Werther’s adoration and encourages hisdship. She can never return his love.

When Werther dances with the beautifulLotte, it seems as though he is in paradise. It is a joy, however, that can only ever be shortlived. Engaged to another man, she tolerates Werther’s adoration and encourages hisdship. She can never return his love.

Boken-hearted, he leaves her home in the country, trying to escape his own desire.But when he receives a letter telling hom that she is finally married, his passion soon turns to destructive obsession.

And as his life falls apart,Werther is haunted by one certainty:

He has lost his reason for living.