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Effi Briest is a realist novel by Theodor Fontane. Thomas Mann said that if one had to reduce one’s library to six novels, Effi Briest would have to be one of them. Published in book form in 1896, Effi Briest marks both a watershed and a climax in Read More..

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Description	Effi Briest is a realist novel by Theodor Fontane. Thomas Mann said that if one had to reduce one’s library to six novels, Effi Briest would have to be one of them. Published in book form in 1896, Effi Briest marks both a watershed and a climax in the poetic realism of literature and forms a thematic trilogy on 19th century marriage from a female perspective along with Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary. All three are adultery tragedies.
Description	Effi Briest is a realist novel by Theodor Fontane. Thomas Mann said that if one had to reduce one’s library to six novels, Effi Briest would have to be one of them. Published in book form in 1896, Effi Briest marks both a watershed and a climax in the poetic realism of literature and forms a thematic trilogy on 19th century marriage from a female perspective along with Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary. All three are adultery tragedies.

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Name	Effi Briest
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Authors	Theodor Fontane
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Translator	Hugh Rorrison and Helen Chambers
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Genre	Novel
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Language	German
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Country	Germany
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Media_type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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Isbn	978-3-15-006961-5
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Publisher	Philipp Reclam jun. Stuttgart & (Eng. trans. reissue Penguin Classics)
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