An unsophisticated rural count is summoned to duty as a gentleman-in-waiting to a Danish royal princess in Copenhagen in 1864. Once in the lively court, his life begins to spiral out of control.
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Theodor Fontane (1819-98) became accepted in the 20th century as Germany's finest realist novelist. He is the author of 17 novels and novellas including 'Effi Briest' (also translated by Hugh Rorrison and Helen Chambers; now published in Penguin Classics), 'Cecile' (Angel Classics), and 'On Tangled Paths' (Angel Classics).
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