Everything is illuminated, but something is lost
Right after the publication of Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther in 1774, the literary world of Europe was gripped by a kind of Werther-fever. It was a bizarre cultural phenomenon never before witnessed: Copies flew off the shelves, pirated editions started to come out within a few years, scenes from the novel were being painted on to porcelain.
Source: thedailystar.net