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Effi Briest

1895 novel by Theodor Fontane
Creative Work Literary Work Q1296168

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
literary work
Country of citizenship
Germany[2]
Author
Theodor Fontane[3]
Genre
novela naturalista, social fiction[6][7]
Language of work or name
German[10]
Publication date
1894
Characters
Effi Briest, Geert von Innstetten, Major Crampas, Luise von Briest[12][13][14][15]
Copyright status
public domain, public domain[37]
Country of origin
Germany[11]
Depicts
motherhood, Theodor Fontane[8][9]
Derivative work
Effi Briest, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, The False Step, Roses in Autumn, Effi Briest, Effi Briest, Effi Briest, Wikidata item, EFFI BRIEST[29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]
First line
In Front des schon seit Kurfürst Georg Wilhelm von der Familie von Briest bewohnten Herrenhauses zu Hohen-Cremmen fiel heller Sonnenschein auf die mittagsstille Dorfstraße [...][26]
Form of creative work
novel[38]
Has version, edition or translation
Wikidata item[16]
Last line
Rollo, der bei diesen Worten aufwachte, schüttelte den Kopf langsam hin und her, und Briest sagte ruhig: "Ach, Luise, lass ... das ist ein zu weites Feld."[28]
Main subject
sexual morality, mores, love, marriage, career, guilt[19][20][21][22][23][24]
Movement
literary realism[5]
Narrative location
Berlin, Pomerania[17][18]
Publisher
Penguin Classics[4]
Set in period
19th century[27]
Title
Effi Briest, Effi Briest[25]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 22
VIAF cluster ID
178986309
GND ID
4099186-6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Theodor Fontane Effi Briest.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11995814t
BookBrainz work ID
78d55343-5c29-41d8-a032-e42192fbed39
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Effi-Briest
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
effi-briest
FantLab work ID
546204
Freebase ID
/m/01lyzd
Internet Archive ID
effibriest00theo
J9U entity ID
987007588182605171
Kallías ID
AK00003068
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Libraries Australia ID
35720426
LibraryThing work ID
97214
Museum-digital tag ID
142813
MusicBrainz work ID
4b473f96-aca5-42f3-85b3-387c12044c39
Open Library ID
OL857189W
Penguin Random House work ID
757716
Project Gutenberg ebook ID
5323
TV Tropes ID
Literature/EffiBriest
Topic's main category
Category:Effi Briest
Work available at URL
www.projekt-gutenberg.org

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🔗 Connections
Main subject 5
love, marriage, guilt, career, mores
Copyright status 2
public domain, public domain
Depicts 2
Theodor Fontane, motherhood
Narrative location 2
Berlin, Pomerania
← Mb:writer 2
Theodor Fontane, Theodor Fontane
Author 1
Theodor Fontane
Country of citizenship 1
Germany
Country of origin 1
Germany
Created notable works 1
Theodor Fontane
Derivative work 1
Effi Briest
Form of creative work 1
novel
Instance of 1
literary work
Language of work or name 1
German
Movement 1
literary realism
Publisher 1
Penguin Classics
Set in period 1
19th century
← Based on 1
Effi Briest
← Inspired by 1
Buddenbrooks
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Summary

Effi Briest is a literary work[1].

Related Entities

Buddenbrooks Germany literary work public domain Theodor Fontane

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  1. [2] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BookBrainz work ID → 78d55343-5c29-41d8-a032-e42192fbed39
    "Created claim: BookBrainz work ID: 78d55343-5c29-41d8-a032-e42192fbed39, batch #290269"
  2. 27w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Movement → literary realism
    Depicts → motherhood, Theodor Fontane
    Narrative location → Berlin, Pomerania
    Author → Theodor Fontane
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