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| | Theodor Fontane Youth London Later years September 20 novelist Joseph von Eichendorff Gottfried Keller Mark Brandenburg ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Theodor Fontane (December 30, 1819, Neuruppin - September 20, 1898, Berlin) was a German novelist and poet. |
 | | In 1843, he joined a literary society called Tunnel over the Spree in Berlin, where he met with many the most reknowned prose writers in Germany: Theodor Storm, Joseph von Eichendorff and Gottfried Keller. |
 | | In 1844 he enrolled in the Prussian army, started the first of many journeys to England, which fostered his interest in old English ballads, a form he took up at that time. |
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