17 Best classics books like The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Burton Pike

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The Sorrows of Young Werther

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Burton Pike

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive and romantic young man, meets and falls in…

If you liked the classics plot in The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Burton Pike , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Lalka

By: Bolesław Prus

3.82

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Lalka ukazała się pierwotnie w odcinkach na łamach warszawskiego "Kuriera Codziennego", stanowiąc d… read more

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  • classics
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"Toteż mając lat osiemnaście, panna Izabela tyranizowała mężczyzn chłodem."

-Bolesław Prus, Lalka

"Przez rok cierpiałem na jakąś chorobę mózgową, a zdawało mi się, że jestem zakochany."

-Bolesław Prus, Lalka

"Bo widzisz, najgorszą samotnością nie jest ta, która otacza człowieka, ale ta pustka w nim samym."

-Bolesław Prus, Lalka

"Bywają wielkie zbrodnie na świecie, ale chyba największą jest zabić miłość. Tyle lat upłynęło, prawie pół wieku ; wszystko przeszło: majątek, tytuły, młodość, szczęście... Sam tylko żal nie przeszedł…"

-Bolesław Prus, Lalka

Cover of Nie-Boska komedia by Zygmunt Krasiński

2. Nie-Boska komedia

By: Zygmunt Krasiński

2.44

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

Nie-Boska Komedia to dramat, gdzie Krasinski przeciwstawia racje arystokracji racjom rewolucjonistó… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Wszystkie światy lecą to na dół, to w górę - człowiek każdy, robak każdy krzyczy - "Ja Bogiem" - i co jeden po drugim konają - gasną komety i słońca - Chrystus nas już nie zbawi - krzyż swój wziął w …"

-Zygmunt Krasiński, Nie-Boska komedia

Cover of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, Margaret Mauldon, Malcolm Bowie, Mark Overstall

3. Madame Bovary

By: Gustave Flaubert , Margaret Mauldon , Malcolm Bowie , Mark Overstall

3.70

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

Madame Bovary is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The characte… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • fiction
  • novels
"Every notary carries about inside him the debris of a poet."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"Speech is a rolling-mill that always thins out the sentiment."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"How oft the warmth of the sun above Makes a pretty young girl dream of love."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

Cover of Konrad Wallenrod by Adam Mickiewicz, Irene Suboczewski

4. Konrad Wallenrod

By: Adam Mickiewicz , Irene Suboczewski

2.60

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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5. White Nights

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.06

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

White Nights is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky that was published in 1848. Set in St. Petersbur… read more

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  • romance
  • classics
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"E ti chiedi: “Dove sono i tuoi sogni?"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"Oh, how unbearable is a happy person sometimes!"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"Kalbim içimde konuşurken ben susmayı beceremem."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"But how could you live and have no story to tell?"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

Cover of The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Burton Pike

6. The Sorrows of Young Werther

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Burton Pike

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive and romantic young man, meets and falls in… read more

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  • romance
  • german literature
  • classics
  • literature
  • germany
  • fiction
  • novels
Cover of Der Sandmann by E.T.A. Hoffmann

7. Der Sandmann

By: E.T.A. Hoffmann

4.10

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Unter Hoffmanns Werken hat Der Sandmann das weitaus grosste Interesse gefunden. Sein Grundproblem i… read more

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  • german literature
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of L'Avare by Molière

8. L'Avare

By: Molière

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Harpagon est un vieillard odieux et avare. Avare jusqu'au ridicule, puisqu'il fait comparaitre en j… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Kordian. Część pierwsza trylogii. Spisek koronacyjny by Juliusz Słowacki

9. Kordian. Część pierwsza trylogii. Spisek koronacyjny

By: Juliusz Słowacki

2.82

Format: 127 pages, Hardcover

Polska pod jarzmem cara - zbrodniarza. Patrioci planują na niego zamach. Jeden z nich, tajemniczy m… read more

Similar categories in Juliusz Słowacki's Kordian. Część pierwsza trylogii. Spisek koronacyjny book and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther

  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Nathan der Weise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Peter von Düffel

10. Nathan der Weise

By: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , Peter von Düffel

4.01

Format: 511 pages, Paperback

Gotthold Ephraim Lessings Nathan der Weise (1779 erschienen und 1783 uraufgefuhrt) ist eines der ze… read more

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  • german literature
  • classics
  • fiction
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11. Hamlet

By: William Shakespeare , Richard Andrews , Rex Gibson

4.02

Format: 289 pages, Paperback

Among Shakespeare's plays, "Hamlet" is considered by many his masterpiece. Among actors, the role o… read more

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"Therein lies the rub."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

"Brevity is the soul of wit."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

"Conscience doth make cowards of us all."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

"A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Cover of The Trial by Franz Kafka, Max Brod, Edwin Muir, Willa Muir

12. The Trial

By: Franz Kafka , Max Brod , Edwin Muir , Willa Muir

3.95

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifyi… read more

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  • german literature
  • classics
  • literature
  • fiction
  • novels
"But I’m not guilty,"

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"Asking questions were the most important thing."

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"It was very learned, but it didn't actually say anything."

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"The way she sits on my lap as if it were her proper place!"

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

13. Emilia Galotti: Ein Trauerspiel in fünf Aufzügen

By: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Mit dem 1772 erschienenen und uraufgefuhrten Drama Emilia Galotti schuf Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ei… read more

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14. Giaur

By: Lord Byron

4.15

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

Powiesc poetycka autorstwa George'a Byrona, opublikowana po raz pierwszy w 1813 roku. Stanowi jedno… read more

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15. The Metamorphosis

By: Franz Kafka , Stanley Corngold

3.88

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 0553213695 / 9780553213690 "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning fr… read more

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  • classics
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  • fiction
  • novels
"Oh, God"

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

"I only fear danger where I want to fear it."

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

"What's happened to me,' he thought. It was no dream."

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

"It was half past six and the hands were quietly moving forwards."

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

Cover of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, David McDuff

16. Crime and Punishment

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , David McDuff

4.27

Format: 671 pages, Paperback

Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg a… read more

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"Life [had] replaced logic."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

"I drink because I wish to multiply my sufferings."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

"The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

"It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

Cover of Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Norman Dietz, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, Boris de Schlœzer, Emanuela Guercetti, None, Donald Fanger, None, None, None

17. Notes from Underground

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Norman Dietz , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky , Boris de Schlœzer , Emanuela Guercetti , None , Donald Fanger , None , None , None

4.17

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Dostoevsky’s most revolutionary novel, Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between ninet… read more

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  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
"l'homme de la nature et de la verite"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

"I'll go this minute!' Of course, I remained."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

"إذ ما العذاب والألم ... سوى المحرك الوحيد للوعي."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

"To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

18. Letter to His Father

By: Franz Kafka , Max Brod , Eithne Wilkins , Ernst Kaiser , Willem van Toorn , Gerda Meijerink

3.53

Format: 349 pages,

This is the bilingual edition with German verso, English recto. read more

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19. Dziady część III

By: Adam Mickiewicz

2.62

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Trzecia, ostatnia ukończona część dramatu, została napisana wiosną 1832 roku (wiąże się to z pobyte… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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20. Lilla Weneda

By: Juliusz Słowacki

3.46

Format: 83 pages, ebook

Tragedia podbitego narodu Wenedów przedstawiona jest w utworze w stylistyce bliskiej mitologii celt… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Dziady, część IV by Adam Mickiewicz

21. Dziady, część IV

By: Adam Mickiewicz

2.84

Format: 40 pages, ebook

Czwarta część Dziadów rozgrywa się w chacie ruskiego księdza w noc tytułowego obrzędu. W swojej cod… read more

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17 must-read fiction books like The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Burton Pike

Transform Your Habits

Lalka

Bolesław Prus

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Nie-Boska komedia

Zygmunt Krasiński

2.44

Transform Your Habits

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert , Margaret Mauldon , Malcolm Bowie , Mark Overstall

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Konrad Wallenrod

Adam Mickiewicz , Irene Suboczewski

2.60

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15 Top fiction books like Der Sandmann by E.T.A. Hoffmann

Transform Your Habits

Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe

Gottfried Keller

3.02

Transform Your Habits

Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts

Joseph von Eichendorff , Konrad Nussbächer

3.31

Transform Your Habits

Corpus Delicti. Ein Prozess

Juli Zeh

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Die Physiker

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

4.38

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