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Mentioned as the novel that catapulted Goethe to international fame in the 1770s, described as 'a novel about a lovelorn man who commits suicide' that sparked a cultural phenomenon.

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Described as Goethe's 'most famous work,' discussed in the context of how the arrival of the Jena set reinvigorated Goethe to continue writing it after he had been stuck.