Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane
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"Effi Briest" by Theodor Fontane is a realist novel published in 1895. Seventeen-year-old Effi is married off to Baron von Innstetten, a man twenty years her senior who once courted her mother. Isolated in a remote Pomeranian town while her husband travels frequently, the lonely young woman finds solace in the attentions of Major Crampas. This tale of marriage, adultery, and social judgment explores the tragic consequences when personal desire collides with
rigid societal expectations in nineteenth-century Germany. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Fontane, Theodor, 1819-1898 |
|---|---|
| Title | Effi Briest |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effi_Briest |
| Credits | Produced by This eBook was prepared by Gunther Olesch from a source file at Project Gutenberg of DE created by Joerg Steinbrenner for PG-DE |
| Credits | This eBook was prepared by Gunther Olesch from a source file at Project Gutenberg of DE created by Joerg Steinbrenner for PG-DE |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Adultery -- Fiction |
| Subject | Didactic fiction |
| Subject | Teenage girls -- Fiction |
| Subject | National characteristics, Prussian -- Fiction |
| Subject | Berlin (Germany) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Subject | Prussia (Germany) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 5323 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-05323-3 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Oct 22, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 3332 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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