This is a translation of Fontane's first masterpiece. Against an effervescent backdrop of life in 1870s Berlin in the newly unified German state, Fontane tells the bittersweet love story of an aristocrat cavalry officer and a seamstress.
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There is sadness in this story, yet to read it is a joy, for its humanity, subtlety and visual immediacy. --The Independent, December 10, 2010
Theodor Fontane (1819-98)lived much of his life in Berlin, first as a journalist (covering the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71), and turning to the writing of fiction at the age of 58. He is the author of 17 novels and novellas, six of them set in Berlin.
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