Effi Briest
| Title | Effi Briest |
|---|---|
| Author | Theodor Fontane; trad. de l'allemand p. André Cœuroy |
| Publication | Gallimard |
| Size | 346p |
| Language |  FRE |
| ISBN | 9782070784547 |
| Topics |
German fiction--Social German fiction--Moral German fiction--Translated into French |
| Notes | Effi Briest marks both a watershed and a climax in the poetic realism of literature and forms a thematic trilogy on 19th century marriage from a female perspective along with Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary. Seventeen-year-old Effi Briest, the daughter of a German aristocrat, is married off to 38-year-old Baron Geert von Innstetten, who courted her mother Luise and was spurned for his status, which he has now improved. Puerile Effi Briest, who is attracted by social honour, moves to the small Baltic town of Kessin. Her husband is away for weeks at a time, and Effi, who is shunned by local nobles, finds but one friend. Her suspicions their house may be haunted are, perhaps on purpose, not entirely laid to rest by Innstetten. When she says there may be a ghost, he calls her fears meaningless. The scorn he would bear if people knew of her terror would stall his career; hence his angry reply. When Major Crampas arrives, Effi cannot help but relish his attentions despite his being a married womaniser, and their love is consummated. Her husband looks down on Crampas, whom he finds a lewd philanderer with cavalier views of law. Crampas says Innstetten is patronising. Years later, Effi’s daughter Annie is growing up and the three move to Berlin due to Innstetten’s ascent. All seems well, but when Effi’s letters to Crampas are found by her husband, he decides to divorce and gets custody of Annie, whom he makes disdain Effi. [wikipedia] |
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