On holiday at a fashionable German spa, young civil engineer Herr von Gordon meets Colonel von St Arnaud and his younger wife, the beautiful Cécile. Gordon is drawn to this elegant and melancholy woman, who seems to hold herself at a distance from her husband. As he and the married pair tour local attractions and enjoy the scenery of the Harz Mountains, he finds himself ever more fascinated by Cécile - and by the mystery surrounding her past.As Gordon and Cécile grow closer, her husband's jealousy, the gossip of polite society, and the secrets of the past converge. When they meet again in Berlin society, the attraction between the two young people will have tragic consequences for all.A challenge to societal conventions, a portrait of a complex woman and a biting send-up of early tourist culture, Fontane's novel is an elegant, ironic and moving classic of 19th-century realist fiction.

Effi Briest

Effi Briest : Theodor Fontane

John Maynard : Ballade

Effi Briest

Cécile

Mathilde Möhring

Effi Briest

Julie von Voß Buch Die Roebels

On Tangled Paths

No Way Back

Die größten Heldinnen der Literatur (50 Romane in einem Band) : Jane Eyre, Tess von den d'Urbervilles, Anne auf Green Gables, Johanna D'Arc, Klein-Dorrit, Lelia, Maria Stuart, Effi Briest, Kleine Frauen

Die Rebellinnen der Literatur - Klassiker, die man kennen muss : Lilith, Carmilla, Tante Lisbeth, Moll Flanders, Ann Vickers, Indiana, Madame Bovary, Jane Eyre, Lady Chatterley, Christa Ruland, Anna Karenina, Schwester Carrie, Die Vagabundin...
Cécile

Effi Briest

Effi Briest : Theodor Fontane

John Maynard : Ballade

Effi Briest

Cécile

Mathilde Möhring

Effi Briest

Julie von Voß Buch Die Roebels

On Tangled Paths

No Way Back

Die größten Heldinnen der Literatur (50 Romane in einem Band) : Jane Eyre, Tess von den d'Urbervilles, Anne auf Green Gables, Johanna D'Arc, Klein-Dorrit, Lelia, Maria Stuart, Effi Briest, Kleine Frauen

Die Rebellinnen der Literatur - Klassiker, die man kennen muss : Lilith, Carmilla, Tante Lisbeth, Moll Flanders, Ann Vickers, Indiana, Madame Bovary, Jane Eyre, Lady Chatterley, Christa Ruland, Anna Karenina, Schwester Carrie, Die Vagabundin...
À propos de ce livre
On holiday at a fashionable German spa, young civil engineer Herr von Gordon meets Colonel von St Arnaud and his younger wife, the beautiful Cécile. Gordon is drawn to this elegant and melancholy woman, who seems to hold herself at a distance from her husband. As he and the married pair tour local attractions and enjoy the scenery of the Harz Mountains, he finds himself ever more fascinated by Cécile - and by the mystery surrounding her past.As Gordon and Cécile grow closer, her husband's jealousy, the gossip of polite society, and the secrets of the past converge. When they meet again in Berlin society, the attraction between the two young people will have tragic consequences for all.A challenge to societal conventions, a portrait of a complex woman and a biting send-up of early tourist culture, Fontane's novel is an elegant, ironic and moving classic of 19th-century realist fiction.
Auteur(e) :
Langue :
anglais





