Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane

Effi Briest

Theodor Fontane with Douglas Parmée

272 pages first pub 1895 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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In 1919 Thomas Mann hailed Effi Briest (1895) as one of "the six most significant novels ever written." Set in Bismarck's Germany, Fontane's luminous tale of a socially suitable but emotionally disastrous match between the enchanting seventeen-yea...

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