Talk:Effi Briest

Audiobook on Librivox
Librivox has today released a complete, unabridged audiobook version of Effi Briest in German, which is available for free and in the public domain. See: http://librivox.org/effi-briest-by-theodor-fontane/ - I thought you might like to know. -- Anna - Librivox admin, 18. May 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.251.58.44 (talk) 08:33, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Trilogy on marriage?
''Along with the more famous Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary, the novel forms a trilogy on marriage in the 19th century from the female point of view. ''

We say. Obviously, Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina are among the most famous novels in the 19th century. But what grounds do we have for including Effi Briest, which is much less well known, outside the German speaking world, at least, in such a grouping? john k (talk) 02:30, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Trilogy on marriage?
The connection lies in the similarities that these works were produced at roughly the same time, by males, dealing with taboo topic no. 1 in the era: Adultery. At the same time they depict "strong" unusual women characters who differ from female stereotypes at the time.

Among critics and students of German or literature this novel is very important, both inside and outside of Germany. It is certainly among the 25 most influential German novels of all time. The others are more widely known in English-speaking societies, because the German setting and a German Empire background did not sit well with other nationalities at the time. Thus it was not well translated, analyzed or advertised.

But if we judge by stylistic (realism), thematic (adultery, feminism, tragedy), and historiographic (end 19th century) comparisons it becomes clear that this belongs to the same line of thought. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Singularity Rider (talk • contribs) 23:31, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

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Today Effi Briest is widely discussed and taught at German schools. It has greatly influenced German writers, including Thomas Mann in his creation of Buddenbrooks. Mann said that if one had to reduce one's library to six novels, Effi Briest would haveı first=Thomas | last=Mann | authorlink=Thomas Mann | year=1968 | title=Das essayistische Werk }}

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Today Effi Briest is widely discussed and taught at German schools. It has greatly influenced German writers, including Thomas Mann in his creation of Buddenbrooks. Mann said that if one had to reduce one's library to six novels, Effi Briest would have to be one of them.