Effi Briest / EFFI BRIEST

Theodor Fontane is the most significant German realist of the second half of the 19th century. T. Mann called Fontane a great master of words, extraordinarily demanding of himself. His famous novel «Effi Briest» is distinguished by its special psychological insight. The plot revolves around the young Effi, who is married against her will to an older nobleman, a former suitor of her mother. He is twice Effi's age, cold, reserved, and proper, psychologically foreign to the sincere, open-hearted girl. Only many years later does her husband learn of her brief past romance…
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