# The Sorrows of Young Werther — Character guide

> Key figures in The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

- [Werther](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sorrows_of_young_werther_se/characters/werther.md): A restless, tender-hearted young artist who flees to the countryside seeking peace, only to find his whole soul captured by a woman he cannot have.
- [Charlotte](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sorrows_of_young_werther_se/characters/charlotte.md): A warm, capable young woman whose natural grace and steady goodness draw Werther helplessly toward her, though her heart already belongs to another.
- [Albert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sorrows_of_young_werther_se/characters/albert.md): Charlotte's calm, principled fiancé, whose quiet reasonableness makes him both an admirable man and an unbearable mirror to Werther's own disorder.
- [Wilhelm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sorrows_of_young_werther_se/characters/wilhelm.md): Werther's patient friend and confidant, the steady ear receiving letters that swing from ecstatic joy to black despair without warning.
- [The Servant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sorrows_of_young_werther_se/characters/the_servant.md): Werther's loyal servant who attends to him.
- [Miss B](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sorrows_of_young_werther_se/characters/miss_b.md): A lady of Werther's acquaintance who appears in his social circle.
- [The Judge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sorrows_of_young_werther_se/characters/the_judge.md): A local official, likely the father of a peasant lad Werther befriends.
- [The Doctor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sorrows_of_young_werther_se/characters/the_doctor.md): A doctor who attends to a character in the story.
- [Young Servant Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sorrows_of_young_werther_se/characters/young_servant_girl.md): A servant girl who becomes infatuated with Werther.
- [The good-natured A](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sorrows_of_young_werther_se/characters/the_good_natured_a.md): A friendly acquaintance of Werther's.
- [Sophy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sorrows_of_young_werther_se/characters/sophy.md): A young woman in Charlotte's household, likely one of her siblings.
- [Jane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sorrows_of_young_werther_se/characters/jane.md): A name mentioned in a poetic or quoted context within the narrative.
- [Ossian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sorrows_of_young_werther_se/characters/ossian.md): The legendary Celtic bard whose poems Werther reads and quotes passionately.

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