July 27th, 1826
Dear Dorothy,
It has already been fourty days since I last saw him. It will be fourty days more until I see him again, if I'm lucky. I was hoping this time away from him would help me make peace with myself and forget him, but the pain is growing bigger every day. The moment when we will meet again will be the moment when my heart will start beating again. Even though our kiss was both our first and our last, it made me want to relive it one last time. All I need from him is a hug. He healed me when I didn't even know that I was aching.
Love,
Lotte
August 14th, 1826
Dear Dorothy,
Today is the fifty-eighth day since I last saw him. I was hoping that not seeing or hearing about him would help me forget him. Though the more time passes, the more I fall in love with him. It's an injustice - the feelings I have for him - however the heart wants what it wants and I can't keep fighting it. I love them both, and I think it's because the two of them are so similar. William is Hans and Hans is William. Of course I love Hans more, because I have known him longer than William, but William somehow replaces him and completes what's missing, especially when Hans is not beside me. I am looking forward to seeing him again.
Love,
Lotte
August 30th, 1826
Dear Dorothy,
It has been seventy-four days, and still no sign of him. I don't know when we'll see each other again. Maybe in fifteen days. Or a month. Either way it feels like forever and I'm getting impatient. I wish these feelings would find their way to disappear because I am losing hope that I'll ever see him again.
Love,
Lotte
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The Sorrows of Young Lotte: Letters from the Heart
Romance"The Sorrows of Young Lotte" is an epistolary novel about a young woman, Charlotte (or Lotte). It was inspired by Goethes "The Sorrows of Young Werther", hence the similar title. It is a story of unrequited love between Lotte and William. It's a who...
