Fontane

/ fɔnˈtaːnə /

noun

FontaneTheodor18191898MGermanWRITING: novelistWRITING: journalist Theodor (ˈteodoːr). 1819–98, German novelist and journalist; his novels include Vor dem Sturm (1878) and Effi Briest (1898)

A pretty story is told by Fontane in his Life of Scherenberg.

She is anxious, I suppose, for the arrival of M. de Fontane.

He swore at Madame, and at M. de Fontane, and even at the priest.

There was a profound silence; but more than one glance was directed towards the Chevalier de Fontane.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we will wait no longer for Monsieur de Fontane or my brother," said the Countess, rising.

Browse