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Theodor Fontane (1819–1898)

Author of Effi Briest

Includes the names: Fontane, T. Fontane, Theodor Fontane, Theodore Fontane, Theordor Fontane, Henri Théodore Fontane, תאודור פונטנה, Теодор Фонтане, תיאודור פונטאנה

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Works by Theodor Fontane

Effi Briest (Author) 1,784 copies, 22 reviews
Trials and Tribulations 370 copies, 6 reviews
The Stechlin (Author) 298 copies, 4 reviews
Frau Jenny Treibel (Author) 226 copies, 3 reviews
Irretrievable (Author) 192 copies, 2 reviews
Under the Pear Tree (Author) 144 copies, 5 reviews
A Man of Honor 105 copies, 1 review
The Woman Taken in Adultery (Author) 78 copies, 1 review
Before the Storm 77 copies, 1 review
Grete Minde (Author) 70 copies
Cecile (Author) 70 copies
Mathilde Möhring 64 copies, 1 review
The Poggenpuhl Family 54 copies
Meine Kinderjahre 45 copies

Stine 45 copies

Beyond the Tweed: A Tour of Scotland in 1858 (Author) 40 copies

Short Novels and Other Writings: Theodor Fontane (German Library) (Author) 38 copies

Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg 37 copies, 1 review

Sir Ribbeck of Ribbeck of Havelland 31 copies

Quitt 25 copies

Spreeland (Author) 25 copies

Fünf Schlösser (Author) 24 copies

Die Grafschaft Ruppin (Author) 24 copies, 1 review

Graf Petöfy 24 copies

Ellernklipp 20 copies

The Woman Taken in Adultry / The Poggenpuhl Family (Author) 19 copies, 1 review

Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg 3. Die Landschaft um Spandau,… (Author) 19 copies

Brieven 17 copies

Ein Sommer in London. 17 copies, 1 review

Von Zwanzig bis Dreissig. Autobiographisches. 16 copies

Delusions, Confusions / The Poggenpuhl Family 16 copies

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Also by Theodor Fontane

Deutsche Gedichte (Contributor, some editions) 109 copies, 1 review
German Stories/Deutsche Erzählungen: A Bilingual Anthology (Contributor) 91 copies
German Fiction (Contributor) 29 copies, 1 review
Deutschland Erzahlt: 2.Von Buchner Bis Hauptmann (German Edition) (Contributor) 22 copies
Tyskland forteller : tyske noveller (Contributor) 10 copies
Nikolaus und Engelshaar : Weihnachten im alten Wien ; Geschichten &… (Contributor) 1 copy
Am Borne deutscher Dichtung (Contributor) 1 copy

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Canonical name

Fontane, Theodor

Legal name

Fontane, Heinrich Theodor

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Date of death

Burial location

Cemetery II of the French Community, Berlin, Germany (field B-35/36-16/17)

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Birthplace

Neuruppin, Brandenburg, Germany

Place of death

Berlin, Germany

Places of residence

Neuruppin, Brandenburg

Berlin, Germany

Leipzig, Germany

London, England, UK

Dresden, Germany

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Relationships

Organizations

Tunnel über der Spree

Kaiser-Franz-Garde-Grenadierregiment Nr. 2

Awards and honors

House Order of the Wendish Crown (1871)

Honorary Doctorate, Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin, Germany (Ph. D. ∙ 1894)

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Wikipedia author page

Theodor Fontanes Wikipedia-Seite (German)

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