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Effi Briest
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About this book
Creators: Theodor Fontane (1819-1898) "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.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 80.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 1124
Subjects
German LiteratureNovelsDE ProsaAdultery -- FictionBerlin (Germany) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- FictionDidactic fictionNational characteristics, Prussian -- FictionPrussia (Germany) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- FictionTeenage girls -- FictionLanguage and Literatures: PT