by Theodor Fontane · Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783423132770
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«Vor dem Sturm» is the historical novel by Theodor Fontane, published by Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag in paperback, with 928 pages, in German.
The action takes place in Prussia during the winter of 1812 to 1813, when the war against Napoleon was brewing. Between Berlin, Brandenburg and the Oderbruch, several families and characters of different backgrounds cross paths; in that society, stories of love, loyalty, patriotism and Christmas celebrations coexist.
The work originally appeared in 1878. This German edition bears number 13277 of the dtv collection and includes an epilogue by Helmuth Nürnberger.
For readers of historical fiction and German classics interested in the Napoleonic period and Prussian society.
Theodor Fontane was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he is best known today, only at age 58 after a career as a journalist. Many of his novels delve into topics that were more or less taboo for discussion in the polite society of Fontane's day, including marital infidelity, class differences, urban vs. rural differences, abandonment of children, and suicide. His novels sold well during his lifetime and several have been adapted for film or audio works.
