The Stechlin
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358 Pages

22.8 x 15.2 cm

Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

Series Vol. Number: 70

Imprint: Camden House

The Stechlin

by Theodor Fontane

Translated by William L. Zwiebel

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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.
Introduction
Castle Stechlin
Wutz Convent
To the Egg Cottage
Election in Rheinsberg-Wutz
On Mission in England
Engagement: Christmas Excursion to Stechlin
Wedding
Sunset
But Stay a While - Deth - Burial - New Days
Notes

THEODOR FONTANE is among the greatest of German writers of the 19th century.

"Zwiebel has produced a masterpiece in this translation of Fontane's last major work." GERMANIC NOTES AND REVIEWS

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Title Details

358 Pages

2.28 x 1.52 cm

Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

Series Vol. Number: 70

Imprint: Camden House