Effi Briest

Theodor Fontane

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Married at seventeen to a correct, distant man, Effi makes a mistake that Prussia will only discover years later — and will not forgive.

Theodor Fontane (1819–1898) is the great German realist: Prussian society observed through conversation and silence.

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