
Stechlin
'Stechlin' Summary
Der Roman 'Der Stechlin' erzählt die Geschichte der Familie von Stechlin, einem alten Adelsgeschlecht, das seinen Sitz am Stechlinsee in der Mark Brandenburg hat. Im Mittelpunkt steht der Familienoberhaupt, der alte Graf von Stechlin, und seine fünf Kinder. Fontane schildert die verschiedenen Lebensentwürfe und Beziehungen der Figuren vor dem Hintergrund der gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen im späten 19. Jahrhundert. Der Roman beleuchtet die Konflikte zwischen Tradition und Modernität, die unterschiedlichen Lebensentwürfe der einzelnen Figuren und die Herausforderungen, die mit dem Übergang zur modernen Welt einhergehen. Fontane zeichnet ein scharfes Bild der gesellschaftlichen Verhältnisse seiner Zeit und verwendet dabei scharfe Ironie und detaillierte Beobachtungen. Das Gewicht des Romans liegt nicht auf der Handlung, sondern auf den vielfältigen Dialogen und der Charakterentwicklung der Figuren. 'Der Stechlin' ist ein vielschichtiges Werk, das die Lektüre anregt und zum Nachdenken anregt.Book Details
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Theodor Fontane
Germany
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 tod...
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