Effi Briest : Abridged, with Biographical Notes.
by
Fontane, Theodor.
Title
:
Effi Briest : Abridged, with Biographical Notes.
Author
:
Fontane, Theodor.
ISBN
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9781776512324
Personal Author
:
Fontane, Theodor.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (451 pages)
Contents
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Title -- Contents -- The Life of Theodor Fontane -- Chapter I -- Chapter II -- Chapter III -- Chapter IV -- Chapter V -- Chapter VI -- Chapter VII -- Chapter VIII -- Chapter IX -- Chapter X -- Chapter XI -- Chapter XII -- Chapter XIII -- Chapter XIV -- Chapter XV -- Chapter XVI -- Chapter XVII -- Chapter XVIII -- Chapter XIX -- Chapter XX -- Chapter XXI -- Chapter XXII -- Chapter XXIII -- Chapter XXIV -- Chapter XXV -- Chapter XXVI -- Chapter XXVII -- Chapter XXVIII -- Chapter XXIX -- Chapter XXX -- Chapter XXXI -- Chapter XXXII -- Chapter XXXIII -- Chapter XXXIV -- Chapter XXXV -- Chapter XXXVI -- Extracts from "My Childhood Years" (1894).
Abstract
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Effi Briest, the classic German realist novel, follows a young woman through her life and marriage. She is an innocent when she is married to the social climbing Instetten, and longs for wordly things. When she is left alone by her husband, who is pursuing his political career, she succumbs to the flattery of another man. Her adultery has wide and tragic consequences on the rest of her life.
Local Note
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Subject Term
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Adultery -- Germany -- Prussia -- Fiction.
Berlin (Germany) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
National characteristics, Prussian -- Fiction.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Added Author
:
Cooper, William A.
Electronic Access
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| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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| IYTE Library | E-Book | 1218480-1001 | PT1863 -- .E345 1914 EB | Ebrary E-Books |