"The Sorrows of Young Werther," a novel by Goethe published in the late 1700s, was implicated in suicides across Europe after its release, according to the World Health Organization.

根据世界卫生组织的报告，歌德在18世纪末的小说《少年维特的烦恼》出版后，在欧洲引发了一系列的自杀潮。

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Do you know that he wrote about another woman? The Sorrows of Young Werther, a novel written in 1774, was about his unrequited love for his friend's fiancee.

1774年他写过一部小说叫《少年维特之烦恼》，写的就是他对他朋友的未妻那种没有回报的爱。

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His famous works include Faust and the Sorrows of Young Werther etc.

他的最著名作品有《浮士德》，《少年维特之烦恼》等。

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1774 classic "The Sorrows of Young Werther" triggered a spate of copycat suicides all over Europe.

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