{"product_id":"effi-briest-9781805331599","title":"Effi Briest","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exceptional translation of Fontane's masterpiece: one of the great 19th-century novels of adultery to stand beside \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A stunningly moving, beautiful, witty and urbane novel: I was blown away by it\" -- Kate Saunders, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secrets of Wishtide\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this witty masterpiece of poetic realism, expertly translated by Hugh Rorrison, \u003ci\u003eEffi Briest\u003c\/i\u003e shows Theodor Fontane at the height of his talents, as he questions the hypocrisies and destructive values of middle-class society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEffi Briest is only 17 when she is married off to Baron von Innstetten, travelling to live with him in a provincial town on the remote Baltic coast of Prussia. He is 20 years her senior, an ambitious bureaucrat uninterested in his young wife, and lively Effi becomes increasingly isolated, bored and anxious in her stifling surroundings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA half-hearted affair with Major Crampas - a manipulative married man with a reputation for womanising - temporarily distracts Effi from her loneliness. But years later, this brief liaison will return to Effi with devastating consequences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with great empathy for his characters, Fontane portrays a woman torn between her own desires and her roles as wife and mother, between her heart and the obligations of social circumstance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: outstanding classic storytelling from around the world, in a stylishly original series design. From newly rediscovered gems to fresh translations of the world's greatest authors, this series includes such authors as Stefan Zweig, Hermann Hesse, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and Gaito Gazdanov.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheodor Fontane\u003c\/b\u003e (1819-98) was a German novelist and potitical reporter. He began writing novels - now his best known works - at the age of 57. Fontane once said that 'women's stories are generally far more interesting', and the story of \u003ci\u003eEffie Briest\u003c\/i\u003e (1894), is considered his masterpiece. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHugh Rorrison\u003c\/b\u003e was a translator from German.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50916115939602,"sku":"9781805331599","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0dc419e1-672b-4403-affd-02a951f0b4ef.jpg?v=1738839662","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/effi-briest-9781805331599","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}