tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post4012433499227039054..comments2023-10-21T07:44:20.549-04:00Comments on The Existence Machine: Thoughts on Effi BriestRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-14572201261306404182009-10-23T18:50:58.655-04:002009-10-23T18:50:58.655-04:00Thanks for the recommendations. I read a wee littl...Thanks for the recommendations. I read a wee little bit about Fontane's writing, and the other books did indeed sound worthy.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-32023028327190898932009-10-23T16:46:42.189-04:002009-10-23T16:46:42.189-04:00If you're interested, much of the Fontane avai...If you're interested, much of the Fontane available in English is similarly good.<br /><br /><i>L'Adultera \ The Woman Taken in Adultery</i> is especially interesting up against <i>Effi Briest</i>. <i>Schach von Wuthenow \ A Man of Honor</i> is melodrama at its best.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-90502723694165720192009-10-03T17:20:37.285-04:002009-10-03T17:20:37.285-04:00Hi R.J., thanks for commenting.
You're right...Hi R.J., thanks for commenting. <br /><br />You're right, in <i>Mansfield Park</i> we are prepared by the mother's warnings, but the problem itself remained a mystery, at least to me.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-39711295937823166012009-10-03T01:13:27.517-04:002009-10-03T01:13:27.517-04:00No, "fun" is not the word for Fassbinder...No, "fun" is not the word for Fassbinder's adaptation (one of quite a few). <br /><br />As for the play in "Mansfield Park," I was prepared for the immorality argument by my mother's constant harping, during childhood, on the frequency with which actors divorced and remarried their costars. <br /><br />"Effi Briest" is one of the great reads, and, I'm ashamed to say, the only German one that I'm familiar with.R J Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06925072280945666069noreply@blogger.com