By: Susanna
I’m reading the Kindle edition. Some nasty typos. “Das ist ein…” is translated “too wide a field” and I imagine Effi’s father mopping his brow.
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I am reading a lovely handbag-sized German edition from Koenemann, which has been on my bookshelf for years (where did it even come from? I have no idea…) It’s funny how first sentences can colour your...
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Interesting remark, Ruth. I like Effi a lot, she moves me but I couldn’t imagine a heroine more different from myself, now or when I was 17. It did strike me as well but because it’s the opposite end...
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Hi Lizzie, I am reading Effi Briest on my Kindle, it is the Penguin translation. I had never heard of Fontane or of Effi Briest before. I know very little about German literature, it was a totally...
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Fontane was unknown to me although ‘Effi Briest’ was on an old list of novels about late 19th century middle class life in Europe just before WW1 brings it all crashing. I’ve read the novel on Kindle,...
View ArticleBy: Michelle @ 1morechapter
Finally got mine up. I’ll be catching up soon! http://www.1morechapter.com/2011/11/05/effi-briest-read-a-long-week-1/
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[...] Lizzie’s posts from last year’s readalong linking to all the participants – Part One, Part Two, Part [...]
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