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Theodor Fontane

Born

in Neuruppin (Brandenburg), Germany

December 30, 1819

Died

September 20, 1898

Genre

Contemporary, Fiction, Poetry

Influences

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Theodor Fontane, novelist, critic, poet, and travel writer, was one of the most celebrated nineteenth-century German men of letters. He was born into a French Huguenot family in the Prussian town of Neuruppin, where his father owned a small pharmacy. His father’s gambling debts forced the family to move repeatedly, and eventually his temperamentally mismatched parents separated.

Though Fontane showed early interest in history and literature - jotting down stories in his school notebooks - he could not afford to attend university; instead he apprenticed as a pharmacist and eventually settled in Berlin. There he joined the influential literary society Tunnel über der Spree, which included among its members Theodor Storm and Gottfried Keller, a ...more

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Average rating: 3.32 · 29,338 ratings · 1,773 reviews · 1,114 distinct works • Similar authors

	Effi Briest 3.28 avg rating — 17,022 ratings — published 1895 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Irrungen, Wirrungen 3.25 avg rating — 3,960 ratings — published 1887 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frau Jenny Treibel 3.04 avg rating — 1,387 ratings — published 1892 — 157 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unterm Birnbaum by Theodor Fontane, Irene Ruttmann (Editor), Kurt Schreinert (Editor) 3.07 avg rating — 1,315 ratings — published 1885 — 142 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stechlin by Theodor Fontane, William L. Zwiebel (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 809 ratings — published 1898 — 215 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Irretrievable by Theodor Fontane, Phillip Lopate (Afterword), Douglas Parmée (Translator) 3.66 avg rating — 570 ratings — published 1891 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'Adultera by Theodor Fontane, Anita Golz (Editor) 3.33 avg rating — 353 ratings — published 1882 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mathilde Möhring 3.31 avg rating — 344 ratings — published 1906 — 82 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cécile by Theodor Fontane, Christian Grawe (Editor) 3.41 avg rating — 290 ratings — published 1887 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grete Minde: nach einer altmärkischen Chronik by Theodor Fontane, Frederick Betz (Editor) 3.42 avg rating — 277 ratings — published 1879 — 122 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Autobiographische Schriften (3 books)
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“Bücher haben Ehrgefühl. Wenn man sie verleiht, kommen sie nicht mehr zurück.”
― Theodor Fontane

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“Ein Optimist ist ein Mensch, der ein Dutzend Austern bestellt, in der Hoffnung, sie mit der Perle, die er darin findet, bezahlen zu können.”
― Theodor Fontane

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“Ich liebe dich ja… wie heißt es doch, wenn man einen Zweig abbricht und die Blätter abreißt? Von Herzen, mit Schmerzen, über alle Maßen.”
― Theodor Fontane, Effi Briest

tags: love

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