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The Stechlin (Paperback)
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The Stechlin (Paperback)
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
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First English translation of the final work of Theodor Fontane, one
of Germany's most significant novelists. Theodor Fontane (1819-98),
widely regarded as Germany's most significant novelist between
Goethe and Thomas Mann, pioneered the German novel of manners and
upper-class society, following a trend in European fiction of the
period.The Stechlin is Fontane's last book and his political
testament. Like Effi Briest, his great work on the place of women
in Bismarck's empire, it is set at the apex of the Wilhelmine era,
both in Berlin and on the estate of a Prussian Junker on the shores
of Lake Stechlin. It is a significant historical and cultural
document, probably the finest chronicle of the lifestyle of the
German upper classes in the late nineteenth century; Fontane
portrays the best in the life and ways of the passing Prussian
aristocracy, while describing his hopes for the future of Germany
and its nobility, which were never to be fully realized. Although
this novel has been translated into many languages, it has never
before been available in English; this edition thus fills an
important gap in the significant works of European literature
accessible to English readers.
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