Effi Briest (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Theodor Fontane
- First Published: 1895
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Second half of the nineteenth century
- Setting: Germany
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Supernatural, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Adultery, Letter writing, Divorce, Death or dying, Politicians, Germany or German people, Duels or dueling
- Locales: Berlin, Germany
Characters Discussed
Effi von Briest (fon breest), only child of Ritterschaftsrat von Briest and his wife. Married at sixteen to Baron von Innstetten, she goes with her husband to a small town on the Baltic Sea. Bored and depressed by the formal stiffness of her new home, she is attracted to Major von Crampas. With this relationship a burden on her conscience, she is happy to move to Berlin, her husband’s new post. There old letters from von Crampas come to light. She is divorced by her husband, socially ostracized, and dies at her parents’ home believing that her husband,...
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