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Effi Briest, a 17-year-old German aristocrat, is—as determined by her family—married to Baron Geert von Innstetten, a respectable but fairly inconsequential administrator for Otto von Bismarck (the first Chancellor of the German Empire as of 1871).
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Plot summary. Effi Briest, who is attracted by social status, moves to the fictional Pomeranian port of Kessin (loosely modeled on Swinemünde ). Her husband Innstetten is away for weeks at a time, and Effi, who is shunned by local nobles, finds but one friend.
- Theodor Fontane
- 1894
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Effi Briest is an 1895 realist novel written by German novelist and poet Theodor Fontane. It tells the tragic story of a young Prussian girl named Effi Briest, who marries a German aristocrat who...
Aug 5, 2019 · In Effi Briest the town of Kessin becomes a hugely oppressive place for young Effi, who finds its populace close-minded and hostile, and the sea equally cold. Even with Innstettin, who Effi does love, or thinks she does, there is difficulty. He goes away regularly for work, leaving her all alone.
Effi Briest tells the story of a young Prussian girl in the 1880s, who marries a rising politician incapable of love, loses everything in the aftermath of a brief affair, and makes peace with leaving too brief a life early.
Aug 3, 2024 · Effi Briest, written by Theodor Fontane and published in 1895, is a classic German realist novel set in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the life of Effi Briest, a young woman who is married off to a much older man, Baron Geert von Innstetten, at the tender age of 17.
