It was rumored that the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte read the novel seven times and spoke of nothing else when he finally met Goethe. The dark take on doomed love went somewhat viral for its ...
Even Napoleon was a fan. When the French emperor met Goethe in Erfut in 1808, he confessed he had read the novel seven times. More immediately, though, Werthermania would gain its hold on the ...
Even Napoleon was a fan. When the French emperor met Goethe in Erfut in 1808, he confessed he had read the novel seven times. Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem (1742-1772). Public domain, via Wikimedia ...