Every book Sean Cole recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Sean Cole

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   The Sorrows of Young Werther

   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Discussed · 1 episode

   The Sorrows of Young Werther is an epistolary novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that chronicles the intense, unrequited romantic passion and ultimate tragic demise of a young artist.

   Discussed

   “The Sorrows of Young Werthe was written mostly as a series of fictional letters by a young, dilettante artist named Werthe.”

   Freakonomics Radio The Suicide Paradox (Rebroadcast) 2013-09-05 ▶ Play 20:55

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