Effi Briest von Theodor Fontane: Lektüreschlüssel mit Inhaltsangabe, Interpretation

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Effi Briest is only seventeen years old, cheerful and naive, when she marries the more than twice her age Baron von Innstetten. To escape a world full of constraints, she plunges into a risky affair with the bon vivant Crampas. Theodor Fontane unfolds a deadly drama of infidelity against the relentless societal norms of his time – with precise observational skills and great empathy for his characters.