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Prussia, 1895. A seventeen-year-old girl is married off to a much older man. Years later, one small indiscretion will destroy her world. Fontane's masterpiece — the great German novel of convention, desire, and quiet devastation. From Haberdash Books.
Prussia, 1895. A seventeen-year-old girl is married off to a much older man. Years later, one small indiscretion will destroy her world. Fontane's masterpiece — the great German novel of convention, desire, and quiet devastation. From Haberdash Books.
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Theodor Fontane (1819–1898) was the great novelist of Prussia, whose late novels — written in his seventies — rank among the finest in the German language. Effi Briest (1895) is his masterpiece: a study of a young woman destroyed by convention, often called the German Madame Bovary.
Haberdash Books is dedicated to bringing overlooked works of European and world literature into English. We specialise in nineteenth and early twentieth-century fiction from lesser-translated languages and traditions.
Theodor Fontane (1819–1898) was the great novelist of Prussia, whose late novels — written in his seventies — rank among the finest in the German language. Effi Briest (1895) is his masterpiece: a study of a young woman destroyed by convention, often called the German Madame Bovary.
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