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The Farmer Lad is the Widow’s servant, and he falls desperately in love with her. When she releases him from her employ, he murders his replacement to prevent any rivals from winning her heart. When the Farmer Lad is arrested, Werther defends him bitterly, arguing that his act was one of passion. This defense leads to a break in the friendship between Albert and Werther.
Farmer Lad Quotes in The Sorrows of Young Werther
The The Sorrows of Young Werther quotes below are all either spoken by Farmer Lad or refer to Farmer Lad. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 1: May 26-30, 1771 Quotes
I shall now try to see her too as soon as possible, or rather, on second thoughts, I shall avoid doing so. It is better for me to see her with the eyes of her lover; perhaps she would not appear to my own eyes as she does now, and why should I ruin the beautiful image I have?
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Werther has just encountered the farmer lad, and he relays the story of the boy’s infatuation with his employer (the widow) to Wilhelm. The story of the widow and the farmer lad returns twice more in the book, and each time it is a barometer of Werther’s relationship to Lotte. In this instance, it foreshadows Werther’s meeting of a woman he will love but can’t have, just as the farmer lad loves the widow to no avail. What’s most notable about this quotation is that Werther is openly admitting that his imagined image of the widow might not align with Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perf
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Farmer Lad Character Timeline in The Sorrows of Young Werther
The timeline below shows where the character Farmer Lad appears in The Sorrows of Young Werther. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Book One: May 26-30, 1771
In his next letter, Werther introduces the Farmer Lad , a young servant who has fallen helplessly in love with his employer, the Widow....
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Book Two: June 11-November 3, 1772
...happening in himself, as well. He asks Wilhelm if he remembers the story of the farmer lad . While Werther was away working for the ambassador, the lad’s obsession with the widow...
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Book Two: Editorial Interlude
The editor goes on to recount the final ending of the Farmer Lad ’s story. Driven to madness by the thought that his replacement would marry the widow,...
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