{"product_id":"effi-briest-9781805331599","title":"Effi Briest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eEffi Briest is a witty masterpiece of poetic realism, portraying a woman torn between her own desires and her roles as wife and mother. It is considered Theodor Fontane's masterpiece and has been translated by Hugh Rorrison and Helen Chambers. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 18 July 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Pushkin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEffi Briest, a seventeen-year-old girl, is married off to Baron von Instetten, a twenty-year-old bureaucrat, and moves to a remote Baltic coast town in Prussia. Despite her youth and beauty, Effi feels isolated and bored in her new surroundings. She briefly engages in a flirtatious affair with Major Crampas, a married man with a reputation for womanizing, but the affair has devastating consequences years later. The novel explores Effi's struggle between her own desires and her roles as a wife and mother, as well as her heart's desires and the obligations of social circumstance. Effi Briest is considered one of Theodor Fontane's masterpieces and is part of the Pushkin Press Classics series, which features timeless storytelling by literary icons from around the world. The novel was translated by Hugh Rorrison and Helen Chambers, who have also translated and authored works by other German literary giants such as Bertolt Brecht and Joseph Roth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 272g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 129 x 198 x 23 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781805331599\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Theodor Fontane","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46450692260090,"sku":"9781805331599","price":7.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1721557612676_book.jpg?v=1721758329","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/effi-briest-9781805331599","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}