Frau Jenny Treibel Av Theodor Fontane

<p>A rich and enjoyable novel about marriage, love and betrayal, from the great German realist Theodor Fontane. <br><br>Charming, cheerful Count Holk is delighted to be called away from his solemn wife to the distant court of a Danish...

<p>Telling the tragic tale of a socially advantageous but emotionally ruinous match, Theodor Fontane''s <i>Effi Briest</i> is translated from the German by Hugh Rorrison with an introduction by Helen Chambers in Penguin Classics.<br><br>Unworldly...

Lene is a beautiful, orphaned young seamstress, and Botho is a handsome, aristocratic cavalry officer. They are in love, yet know they have only a short time together as society deems their relationship impossible and refuses to acknowledge the seriousness...