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Unworldly young Effi Briest is married off to Baron von Innstetten, an austere and ambitious civil servant twice her age, who has little time for his new wife. Isolated and bored, Effi finds comfort and distraction in a brief liaison with Major Crampas, a married man with a dangerous reputation.
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Effi Briest, Theodor Fontane
- Language
- Released
- 2000
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Effi Briest
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Theodor Fontane
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN10
- 0140447660
- ISBN13
- 9780140447668
- Series
- Collection
- Penguin classics
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Poetry, Philosophical Topics, Love, German Literature, Classics, Germany, 19th century
- First published
- 1872
- Original title
- Бесы
- Rating
- 3.05 out of 5
- Description
- Unworldly young Effi Briest is married off to Baron von Innstetten, an austere and ambitious civil servant twice her age, who has little time for his new wife. Isolated and bored, Effi finds comfort and distraction in a brief liaison with Major Crampas, a married man with a dangerous reputation.