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Theodor Fontane (1819–1898)

Auteur de Effi Briest

544+ oeuvres 6,352 utilisateurs 89 critiques 13 Favoris

A propos de l'auteur

Fontane's fictional studies of nineteenth-century Berlin society, written in his late maturity, secured him a firm place in literature as a master of the German realist novel; his declared aim was to show "the undistorted reflection of the life we lead." "He introduced his people in spirited afficher plus conversations at picnics and banquets, and developed a broad and yet intimate perspective of background conditions; he was less interested in plots, and often would make a point by silence" (Ernst Rose). Effi Briest (1895), his masterpiece, is a revealing portrait of an individual victimized by outmoded standards. Fontane, on whom Sir Walter Scott had made a deep impression, traveled to England as a journalist and wrote two books based on his experiences: A Summer in London (1854) and Across the Tweed (1860). He also wrote historical novels, poetry, and dramatic criticism. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins

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Œuvres de Theodor Fontane

Effi Briest (1894) 2,202 exemplaires
Dédales (1888) 446 exemplaires
Le Stechlin (1898) 371 exemplaires
Irretrievable (1892) — Auteur — 283 exemplaires
Madame Jenny Treibel (1893) 255 exemplaires
Under the Pear Tree (1885) — Auteur — 182 exemplaires
A Man of Honor (1882) — Auteur — 137 exemplaires
Before the Storm (1878) — Auteur — 109 exemplaires
L'Adultera (1973) — Auteur — 93 exemplaires
Cécile (1969) — Auteur — 89 exemplaires
Hamburger Lesehefte : Theodor Fontane : Effi Briest (1987) — Text — 83 exemplaires
Mathilde Möhring (1906) — Auteur — 78 exemplaires
Grete Minde (1899) — Auteur — 74 exemplaires
Stine (1889) — Auteur — 71 exemplaires
The Poggenpuhl Family (1969) — Auteur — 63 exemplaires
Meine Kinderjahre (1919) — Auteur — 61 exemplaires
100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature - volume 1 (2017) — Contributeur — 57 exemplaires
Beyond the Tweed: A Tour of Scotland in 1858 (1860) — Auteur — 53 exemplaires
The Eighteenth of March + Jenny Treibel + A Man of Honor (1982) — Auteur — 38 exemplaires
Spreeland (1952) — Auteur — 33 exemplaires
Graf Petöfy (1970) 31 exemplaires
Die Grafschaft Ruppin (1925) — Auteur — 31 exemplaires
Fünf Schlösser (1974) — Auteur — 28 exemplaires
Ein Sommer in London. (1995) 28 exemplaires
Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg 2. Teil (1974) — Auteur — 27 exemplaires
Quitt (1890) — Auteur — 26 exemplaires
Von Zwanzig bis Dreissig. Autobiographisches. (1968) — Auteur — 26 exemplaires
Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg 3. Teil (1974) — Auteur — 26 exemplaires
Ellernklipp (1995) 23 exemplaires
The Woman Taken in Adultry / The Poggenpuhl Family (1882) — Auteur — 22 exemplaires
Brieven 18 exemplaires
Delusions, Confusions / The Poggenpuhl Family (1989) — Auteur — 17 exemplaires
Kriegsgefangen. Erlebtes 1870. (1993) 13 exemplaires
Effi Briest + Jenny Treibel (1892) — Auteur — 12 exemplaires
Jenny Treibel + Stine (1957) — Auteur — 11 exemplaires
Balladen und Erzählungen (1996) 10 exemplaires
Aus den Tagen der Okkupation. (1984) 9 exemplaires
L' Adultera, Cecile (2001) — Auteur — 9 exemplaires
Gedichte in einem Band (1998) 9 exemplaires
Vor dem Sturm 2 9 exemplaires
Jenny Treibel + Under the Pear Tree (1963) — Auteur — 8 exemplaires
Ausgewählte Erzählungen (1984) 8 exemplaires
Unwiederbringlich / Stine / Die Poggenpuhls (1980) — Auteur — 8 exemplaires
Die schönsten Gedichte (1996) 7 exemplaires
Irretrievable + Jenny Treibel (1993) — Auteur — 7 exemplaires
Von Rheinsberg bis zum Müggelsee (1973) 7 exemplaires
Klett : Theodor Fontane : Frau Jenny Treibel [1981] (1999) — Writer — 7 exemplaires
John Maynard (2008) — Auteur — 7 exemplaires
Effi Briest + Irrungen, Wirrungen + Jenny Treibel (1981) — Auteur — 7 exemplaires
Gedichte. (1998) 6 exemplaires
Die schönsten Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (1988) — Auteur — 6 exemplaires
2: 1892-1898 (2003) 6 exemplaires
Irrungen, Wirrungen - Mathilde Möhring - L`Adultera (1985) — Auteur — 5 exemplaires
Effi Briest / Grete Minde (1985) — Auteur — 5 exemplaires
Schach von Wuthenow - Cecile (1980) — Auteur — 5 exemplaires
Reisebriefe vom Kriegsschauplatz Böhmen 1866 (1975) — Auteur — 5 exemplaires
Theodor Fontane (1973) 5 exemplaires
Das große Theodor Fontane Buch (1980) 5 exemplaires
L'Adultera / Unterm Birnbaum (1965) — Auteur — 5 exemplaires
Romane und Gedichte (1959) 5 exemplaires
Frühe Erzählungen (2002) 4 exemplaires
Briefe (1998) 4 exemplaires
Gedichte: 3 Bände. (1989) 4 exemplaires
Guter Rat poetische Kostbarkeiten (2005) 4 exemplaires
Märkische Romanze (1963) — Auteur — 4 exemplaires
Der deutsche Krieg 1866 Bd. 2 (1979) 4 exemplaires
Irrungen Wirrungen. Stine (2001) 4 exemplaires
Romanzi: 1 (2003) 4 exemplaires
Fontanes Werke in fünf Bänden. (1975) 4 exemplaires
Geschwisterliebe. CD. (2004) 4 exemplaires
Jenny Treibel + The Poggenpuhls (2001) 4 exemplaires
Geschwisterliebe. Erzählungen. (1996) 4 exemplaires
Schach von Wuthenow. Unterm Birnbaum (2001) — Auteur — 3 exemplaires
Der Dichter über sein Werk (1977) 3 exemplaires
Schach von Wuthenow / Stine. (1984) — Auteur — 3 exemplaires
Kleine Romane — Auteur — 3 exemplaires
Aus England und Schottland (1963) 3 exemplaires
Jenseits von Havel und Spree (1998) 3 exemplaires
Werke (1981) 3 exemplaires
L'‰aria di Berlino (2004) 3 exemplaires
Grete Minde / Unterm Birnbaum (2009) 3 exemplaires
Briefe in zwei Bänden (1981) 3 exemplaires
Mathilde Möhring. Stine. (1967) — Auteur — 2 exemplaires
Fontane : Frau Jenny Treibel (1968) — Writer — 2 exemplaires
Gedichte (1998) 2 exemplaires
Fontanes Werke 2 exemplaires
Unechte Korrespondenzen (2011) 2 exemplaires
Gedichte (Ausgabe 1898) (2010) 2 exemplaires
Fontane-Brevier (1990) 2 exemplaires
Abel Hradscheck (1989) 2 exemplaires
Stine ; Irrungen, Wirrungen ; Mathilde Möhring (1950) — Auteur — 2 exemplaires
Effi Briest + Jenny Treibel + Stine — Auteur — 2 exemplaires
Gesammelte Werke 2 exemplaires
Der Stechlin. Gedichte (1996) 2 exemplaires
Unwiederbringlich. Unterm Birnbaum. — Auteur — 2 exemplaires
Gedichte II. (1986) 2 exemplaires
1994 2 exemplaires
Ein Leben in Briefen. (1981) 2 exemplaires
Bilder und Balladen 2 exemplaires
Werke in drei Bänden 2 exemplaires
Sämtliche 1 exemplaire
Die Kunst des Alterns (2005) 1 exemplaire
Tuch und Locke 1 exemplaire
Balladen und Gedichte 1 exemplaire
Theodor Fontane - Werke (2000) 1 exemplaire
Romane 1 exemplaire
Briefe an seine Familie (2012) 1 exemplaire
Autobiographische Schriften (1987) 1 exemplaire
EFFI BRIEST III 1 exemplaire
EFFI BRIEST II 1 exemplaire
Stine 1 exemplaire
Effi Briest 3 1 exemplaire
Sämtliche Romane (2000) 1 exemplaire
Across the Tweed 1 exemplaire
Hundert Gedichte (2002) 1 exemplaire
Theodor Fontane: Poesiealbum 44 (2010) 1 exemplaire
Die Poggenpuhls 1 exemplaire
Effi Briest + Irretrievable + Jenny Treibel — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Lektüre easy, Effi Briest (2002) 1 exemplaire
Aufsätze zur Literatur. (1989) 1 exemplaire
Leichte Wolke, sei mein Wagen (1999) 1 exemplaire
Theodor Fontane : Werke. (Digitale Bibliothek 06) (2003) — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Gesammelte Werke Band 1 bis 3 (1920) 1 exemplaire
Jenny Treibel + A Man of Honor — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Romane 1 1 exemplaire
Werke, Bd. 9 1 exemplaire
Die Poggenpuhls. Mathilde Moehring — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Gedichte I. (1979) 1 exemplaire
Romane 2 1 exemplaire
Balladen 1 exemplaire
Romane 4 1 exemplaire
Romane 3 1 exemplaire
Werke, Bd. 10 1 exemplaire
Werke, Bd. 8 1 exemplaire
Effi Briest [CD] [abridged] (2009) 1 exemplaire
Theaterkritiken I. 1870 - 1874 (1989) 1 exemplaire
Zwei Poststationen (1991) 1 exemplaire
Fontane auf Norderney (1995) 1 exemplaire
Werke; Bd. 7 1 exemplaire
Werke, Bd. 6 1 exemplaire
Werke, Bd. 1 1 exemplaire
Werke, Bd. 3 1 exemplaire
Werke, Bd. 4 (1981) 1 exemplaire
Effi Briest CD (German Edition) (2012) 1 exemplaire
Werke in vier Bände 1 exemplaire
Cécile + Jenny Treibel — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Gedichte (1985) 1 exemplaire
Werke : Auswahl 1 exemplaire
Aus meiner Werkstatt 1 exemplaire
Deutsche Balladen 1 exemplaire
Unterm Birnbaum 1 Ellernklipp — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Wanderungen in der Mark (1978) 1 exemplaire
Jenny Treibel + Ellernklipp + Stine — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Ausgewählte Werke 1 exemplaire
Der deutsche Krieg 1866 Bd. 1 (2006) 1 exemplaire
Erzählende Werke — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Irrungen, Wirrungen + Jenny Treibel + Stine — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Quitt; Stine; Romane (Aus wilhelm. Zeit) — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Sämtliche Romane 1 exemplaire
Vor dem Sturm I/IV 1 exemplaire

Oeuvres associées

Dichtung und Wirklichkeit : Gerhart Hauptmann: Die Weber (1959) — Contributeur — 138 exemplaires
Deutsche Gedichte (1956) — Contributeur, quelques éditions135 exemplaires
German Stories/Deutsche Erzählungen: A Bilingual Anthology (1984) — Contributeur — 109 exemplaires
German Fiction (1917) — Contributeur — 39 exemplaires
Deutschland erzählt. Von Georg Büchner bis Gerhart Hauptmann (1965) — Contributeur — 27 exemplaires
Tyskland forteller : tyske noveller (1972) — Contributeur — 11 exemplaires
Effi Briest [1974 film] (2003) — Original book — 11 exemplaires
EinFach Deutsch — Theodor Fontane: Effi Briest (2005) — Contributeur — 9 exemplaires
Am Borne deutscher Dichtung (1927) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire

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NonnaLuisa | Feb 28, 2024 |
Pacing was a bit all over the place, and I never grew to care about the characters.
 
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AerialObrien | 31 autres critiques | Jan 29, 2024 |
This novel was... frustrating. At times brilliant, at times wanting, I have to concede that my appreciation of this story may have been stunted by my lack of knowledge of the greater timbre of literature during this time and place. As an English speaker raised in America, my experience with German literature (especially from the 19th century) has been small. I've always enjoyed 19th-century literature, so getting this off my wishlist this Christmas and tearing into it was exciting. It took a bit for how dense it can be, but I was happy to read it, and am a bit intimidated by writing a full review.

Effi Briest tells the story of our titular main character; 17 years old and immediately engaged to her mother's former beau, 22 years her senior. The bulk of the novel surprisingly follows Effi's first two years of marriage, which float on fairly innocuously beside the pesky affair, with the novel's famous "fallen woman" denouement only coming in at a staggering 3/4th of the way through.

Fontane's work has been noted for both its symbolism and realism, and Effi Briest absolutely delivers on these fronts. Many parts of this novel are breathtakingly alive and raw, and there are some other brilliant uses of play with the medium of the written word itself. For the former, I often think of Fontane's descriptions of youth in nature and the somber, quietly suffocating interior scenes. For the latter, I was shocked at the impact of the duel—written so sparsely, one cannot help holding their breath as they rake over and over on the words, lost as to why so little would be written.

My copy of the book is deeply marked up: Fontane's strength here is the potential of poetic richness and the aforementioned symbolism. One can spend ages at a passage, unearthing his intent and meditating on a time gone by that somehow feels like you can see it in the corner of your eye. So much could be said, from Rollo the dog's status as fido to the human-equivalent of Roswitha, from the ever-present and suffocating Prussian military presence around Effi in the form of places, people, and duties to the sacrificial runestones seen on her honeymoon. Sometimes it's a bit heavy-handed, but it made me stop and continually think as to what else I should be looking out for. I will have to similarly concede that the amount of Prussian military figures, place names, and social words were unfortunately impenetrable to me, but I don't doubt an entire book could fill analysis of their inclusion.

Tragically then, I found the root of this novel's weakness in its construction and forthrightness of message. Another reviewer noted how rushed the ending felt, and I am inclined to agree. Effi's... ending comes truly out of nowhere, and it begins and ends only 3 pages before the book's end. The novel suffers from the worst of pre-20th century stories' treatment of "moral ends," and as usual, lacks any gutsy reasoning for its decision. Despite my book's introduction noting that the message one should pull is the tragedy of strict social conditions, the ending felt... ambiguous. I could be a bit daft, I'm far from the strongest reader out there who reads heady lit like this, but the ambiguity in a novel this constructed felt tragically wasted. I don't know. I'm ready and willing to read others' interpretations though.

My Penguin Classics edition was a wonderful copy for anyone looking for an English-language translation, and their notes on translation were very agreeable. It's modern in that it's conservative, and I appreciated the lack of translation of proper nouns. Go Hugh and Helen!
… (plus d'informations)
½
 
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Eavans | 31 autres critiques | Jan 1, 2024 |
Very good. Very moving. The love affair, for all the novel’s plot and point turned upon it, was very subtly done. But in the end that was correct because it was all nothing of import. How much trouble things of no import cause.
 
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BookyMaven | 31 autres critiques | Dec 6, 2023 |

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Œuvres
544
Aussi par
13
Membres
6,352
Popularité
#3,872
Évaluation
½ 3.7
Critiques
89
ISBN
1,098
Langues
21
Favoris
13

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