{"product_id":"effi-briest-paperback","title":"Effi Briest - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTheodor Fontane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMike Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRitchie Robertson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I loathe what I did, but what I loathe even more is your virtue.'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeventeen-year-old Effi Briest is steered by her parents into marriage with an ambitious bureaucrat, twenty years her senior. He takes her from her home to a remote provincial town on the Baltic coast of Prussia where she is isolated, bored, and prey to superstitious fears. She drifts into a half-hearted affair with a manipulative, womanizing officer, which ends when her husband is transferred to Berlin. Years later, events are triggered that will have profound consequences for Effi and her family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eEffi Bries\u003c\/em\u003et (1895) is recognized as one of the masterpieces by Theodor Fontane, Germany's premier realist novelist, and one of the great novels of marital relations together with \u003cem\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/em\u003e. It presents life among the conservative Prussian aristocracy with irony and gentle humour, and opposes the rigid and antiquated morality of the time by treating its heroine with sympathy and keen psychological insight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor over 100 years \u003cem\u003eOxford World's Classics\u003c\/em\u003e has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMike Mitchell\u003c\/strong\u003e has translated numerous works of German fiction, for which he has eight times been shortlisted for prizes; his translation of Herbert Rosendorfer's \u003cem\u003eLetters Back to Ancient China\u003c\/em\u003e won the Schegel-Tieck Prize in 1998. He has translated Kafka's \u003cem\u003eThe Trial\u003c\/em\u003e and Musil's \u003cem\u003eThe Confusions of Young Törless\u003c\/em\u003e for Oxford World's Classics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRitchie Robertson's\u003c\/strong\u003e books include \u003cem\u003eKafka: Judaism, Politics, and Literature\u003c\/em\u003e(OUP, 1985), \u003cem\u003eKafka: A Very Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2004, and \u003cem\u003eMock Epic Poetry from Pope to Heine\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2009). He has translated Kafka's \u003cem\u003eThe Man who Disappeared\u003c\/em\u003e and Hoffmann's \u003cem\u003eThe Golden Pot and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e for Oxford World's Classics, and introduced and annotated five volumes by Kafka and Musil's \u003cem\u003eThe Confusions of Young Törless\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684886646847,"sku":"9780199675647","price":19.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/950dbb8b8af53af82bce6f8be6d8aabb.webp?v=1764969002","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/effi-briest-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}