The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12Volume 12 / Act 4 — EFFI BRIEST (1895)Reading editionChapter navigation59 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…GUSTAV FREYTAG THEODOR FONTANETHE GERMAN CLASSICS OF THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURYVOLUME XIIILLUSTRATIONS—VOLUME XIIEDITOR'S NOTETHE LIFE OF GUSTAV FREYTAGGUSTAV FREYTAGSCENE ISCENE IISCENE ISCENE IISCENE ISCENE ISCENE IIDOCTOR LUTHER (1859)DOCTOR LUTHER (1859) (continued 2)FREDERICK THE GREATFREDERICK THE GREAT (continued 2)THE LIFE OF THEODOR FONTANEEFFI BRIEST (1895)Chapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIChapter VIIIChapter IXChapter XChapter XIChapter XIIChapter XIIIChapter XIVChapter XVChapter XVIChapter XVIIChapter XVIIIChapter XIXChapter XXChapter XXIChapter XXIIChapter XXIIIChapter XXIVChapter XXVChapter XXVIChapter XXVIIChapter XXVIIIChapter XXIXChapter XXXChapter XXXIChapter XXXIIChapter XXXIIIChapter XXXIVChapter XXXVChapter XXXVIEXTRACTS FROM "MY CHILDHOOD YEARS" (1894)EXTRACTS FROM "MY CHILDHOOD YEARS" (1894) (continued 2)SIR RIBBECK OF RIBBECK[3]Previous chapter ←Volume 12 / Act 4 — THE LIFE OF THEODOR FONTANENext chapter →Volume 12 / Act 4 — Chapter IAll chapters and sections (59)Volume 12 · Other sectionsGUSTAV FREYTAG THEODOR FONTANETHE GERMAN CLASSICS OF THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURYVolume 12 · Sections1212Volume 12 · Other sectionsEDITOR'S NOTETHE LIFE OF GUSTAV FREYTAGGUSTAV FREYTAGVolume 12 / Act 1 · Scenes12Volume 12 / Act 2 · Scenes12Volume 12 / Act 3 · Scenes1Volume 12 / Act 4 · Scenes12Volume 12 / Act 4 · Other sectionsDOCTOR LUTHER (1859)DOCTOR LUTHER (1859) (continued 2)FREDERICK THE GREATFREDERICK THE GREAT (continued 2)THE LIFE OF THEODOR FONTANEEFFI BRIEST (1895)Volume 12 / Act 4 · Chapters123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536Volume 12 / Act 4 · Other sectionsEXTRACTS FROM "MY CHILDHOOD YEARS" (1894)EXTRACTS FROM "MY CHILDHOOD YEARS" (1894) (continued 2)SIR RIBBECK OF RIBBECK[3]TRANSLATED AND ABRIDGED BY WILLIAM A. COOPER, A.M.Associate Professor of German, Leland Stanford Jr. University◇← THE LIFE OF THEODOR FONTANECHAPTER I →