Effi Briest (abridged)

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Published 1800 -1900

Authors: Theodor Fontane In Year : 1914

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Effi Briest (abridged)

Chapter 1
Chapters 2 and 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapters 10 and 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapters 14 and 15
Chapters 16 and 17
Chapters 18-20
Chapter 21
Chapters 22 and 23
Chapters 24 and 25
Chapters 26-28
Chapters 29-31
Chapter 32
Chapters 33 and 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36

Effi Briest is a classic of Prussian Realism, relatively unknown in the English speaking world, but widely taught in German schools. This tragic tale tells the story of Effi, a young woman from an old and respectable family who, due to a sense of duty, marries Geert von Instetten, a much older Prussian official. The tragedy unfolds as a consequence of Instetten's strict following of his duties in society in response to his wife's indiscretions.

Thomas Mann once wrote that if one's library had to be reduced to six books, Effi Briest should be one of them. (Summary by Margaret )