Effi Briest

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Effi Briest is a classic 1895 realist novel by Theodor Fontane that portrays the tragic fate of a young woman trapped in a restrictive Prussian society.

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instanceOf novel
adaptation Effi Briest (1939 film) NERFINISHED
Effi Briest (1974 film) NERFINISHED
Effi Briest (2009 film) NERFINISHED
Fontane Effi Briest (1974 film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) NERFINISHED
adaptationForm film
stage play
television
author Theodor Fontane NERFINISHED
authorNationality German
centralConflict individual vs. society
personal desire vs. social duty
countryOfOrigin Germany
criticalReception highly acclaimed
endingTone tragic
firstPublicationForm serial publication
genre realist novel
languageStyle realist prose
literaryInfluenceOn later German realist novels
literaryMovement Realism NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod 19th century literature
mainCharacter Effi Briest (character) NERFINISHED
narrativeMode omniscient narrator
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableCharacter Baron Geert von Innstetten NERFINISHED
Effi’s parents
Major Crampas NERFINISHED
originalLanguage German
originalTitle Effi Briest NERFINISHED
placeInCanon classic of German literature
key work of German Realism
protagonistGender female
publicationYear 1895
publisherCountry Germany NERFINISHED
regionOfSetting Berlin NERFINISHED
Pomerania NERFINISHED
setting Prussia NERFINISHED
structure chronological narrative
subjectMatter fate of a young woman in restrictive Prussian society
theme Prussian society
adultery
female oppression
honor
marriage
social conventions
timePeriodOfSetting late 19th century

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Hanna Schygulla notableWork Effi Briest
Theodor Fontane notableWork Effi Briest