# Effi Briest. Roman, Realität und Bezüge zu Steglitz-Zehlendorf. Lesung und Vortrag von Claudia von Gélieu/Frauentouren

Effi Briest. Roman, Realität und Bezüge zu Steglitz-Zehlendorf. Lesung und Vortrag von Claudia von Gélieu/Frauentouren at Gottfried-Benn-Bibliothek, Thursday 5 November 2026, 19:00.

- Price: Free
- Venue: Gottfried-Benn-Bibliothek, Nentershäuser Platz 1, 14163 Berlin
- With: Claudia von Gélieu
- Go to page: https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=292693&ls=0&c=67&date_start=25.10.2026

A reading and talk on Fontane's novel "Effi Briest" and its real-life model Elisabeth von Ardenne. Women's history expert Claudia von Gélieu/Frauentouren shows how the fictional heroine dies young over her adultery, while her model began a new life in Zehlendorf in 1889, learned to ski at sixty and to cycle at eighty. She asks which of the two women's lives better matched the social situation of women at the time. Advance registration is requested by phone (030) 90 299 5458 or email.

## Dates

- Thursday 5 November 19:00 — Gottfried-Benn-Bibliothek

Written by a model, sources: [berlin.de](https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=292693&ls=0&c=67&date_start=25.10.2026)

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