Goethe...as Goethe would have wanted it

For those of you not in the know, a little over two hundred years ago, Goethe, at the ripe old age of twenty four, in order to help himself get over a broken heart, wrote a little book called The Sorrows of Young Werther. Its story of a sensitive young man pained by unrequited love touched the hearts of young men all over Europe, and soon people from all walks of life began dressing as Werther did in the novel, paying visits to Weimar, writing their own poetry, and in general pursuing the Romantic way of life, which Goethe later in life found irritating to no end. But far from being the manifesto of a now gone cultural phenomenon, today Werther is as alive as ever, thanks to modern technology. You see, the novel was actually a series of letters written from Werther to his friend Wilhelm, but the crude technology of the 18th century offered no option other than to publish them all in one great book. Today, however, you can get Werther's letters emailed to you, one per day, and read this literary classic as Goethe would have wanted it. I'm seriously considering it.

Also, the German page says that you can choose to receive his emails according to the dates on the letters, so you might go a couple weeks without hearing from Werther and wonder how he's doing. I don't know if the English one has this option though. The English page also doesn't have a FAQ, so who knows.

The Sorrows of Young Werther
Die Leiden des Jungen Werther

I also just found out that the German one has an option where you can get each letter sent to you as a text message with up to 160 characters. Awesome.