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Theodor Fontane was definitely one of my better G-Lit finds last year. In addition to taking part in last year’s Effi Briest readalong, I also read Frau Jenny Treibel and Unwiederbringlich (Irr… more →
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Literature and Limnology
wrote 1 week ago: There’s an interesting history of studies of German realist texts coming from the natural scie … more →
Maps
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wrote 2 weeks ago: The theoretical problems that underpin both the critical discourse and the literary production in th … more →
Thinking in 140 Characters
wrote 3 weeks ago: Early in Theodor Fontane’s last completed novel Der Stechlin (available in English as The Stec … more →
Luftens døtre
wrote 3 weeks ago: English: Constellation of the characters of Theodor Fontane’s novel “Effi Briest” … more →
Luften og døtre
wrote 3 weeks ago: Noen barn er ville. Effi er et vilt barn, som så lite passer inn i det wilhelminske Tyskland. Damene … more →
Black & White Photography
wrote 1 month ago: Snowfield and the lonely weeping willows This house in Freienwalde is the birthplace of Hans Keilson … more →
The illusion of reality
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wrote 1 month ago: I received several emails from readers expressing their disdain at a recent post where I wax lyrical … more →
Effi Briest (1974)
wrote 4 months ago: Before we get started I just want to state for the record that my assertion that Martha just might b … more →
The Ghost of Christmas past
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wrote 5 months ago: Gather around our Word Press hearth and snuggle up for a ghostly tale just right for Christmas, my l … more →
Review: Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane
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wrote 6 months ago: Category: Fiction/19th Century – Paperback: 228 pages – Publisher: Penguin – Imprint: Penguin Classi … more →
What I'm Reading: Theodor Fontane - Irrungen, Wirrungen
wrote 6 months ago: Theodor Fontane is generally considered to be the pinnacle of the realist novel in Germany, somethin … more →
Literary roundup: Dostoevsky’s warning from the other world and the Usedom Prize
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wrote 1 year ago: The latest issue of the University of California at San Diego’s literature in translation magazine A … more →
More Fun with the Two Teds
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wrote 1 year ago: The other day, I decided to read a couple of my Hamburger Lesehefte books (cheap editions of German- … more →
Link: Effi Briest 2.0
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wrote 1 year ago: The Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin performed Fontane’s Effi Briest live – on Facebook. Pr … more →
Das Glück ein Traum
wrote 1 year ago: Theodor Fonatane: Effi Briest, Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin (Regie: Jorinde Dröse) Von Sascha Krieger … more →
Theodor Storm - Bulemanns Haus -The House of Bulemann
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wrote 1 year ago: I often return to Storm’s short stories and novellas in autumn and winter. Not many know how t … more →
Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane
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wrote 1 year ago: Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane. 1894 I’ve read Effi Briest for the German Lit Month but I didn’t fol … more →
Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane
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wrote 1 year ago: Effi Briest – Theodor Fontane Arbeiderspers 1989 (Dutch translation from the 1896 German by Pé … more →
German Literature Month - Week 3 : Part 2 - Effi Briest Readalong
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wrote 1 year ago: This is the third and final week of the Effi Briest readalong. Here are my answers to the readalong … more →
