Some sin-flood or another is always at the door, but people go on living merrily and baking wedding cakes.

Theodor Fontane (1819–1898), Schriftsteller

Topics: Suffering & the Question of God, Time & Transience

Occasions: For Reflection

Theodor Fontane

Theodor Fontane (1819–1898) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Journalist, der vor allem in Berlin und der Mark Brandenburg wirkte. Als bedeutender Vertreter des poetischen Realismus wurde er durch Gesellschaftsromane wie „Effi Briest“ und populäre Balladen bekannt, während in der Forschung zugleich antisemitische Äußerungen in seinen späten Briefen und Tagebüchern kritisch diskutiert werden. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Schriften scharfsinnige Einblicke in menschliche Schwächen und gesellschaftliche Zwänge sowie nachdenkliche Verse über Trost, Demut und Nächstenliebe.

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