Theodor Fontane

Gordon A. Craig is J. E. Wallace Sterling Professor Emeritus of Humanities at Stanford University. His several highly regarded books include Germany, 1866-1945, The End of Prussia, and Politics of the Unpolitical. He is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books.

• Foreword 1: History 2: Scotland 3: Wanderings 4: War 5: Bismarck 6: Theater 7: Historical Novels 8: Novels of Society Bibliography Index

The book that gave me most pleasure--long-term pleasure--right through the summer and autumn was Gordon A. Craig's Theodor Fontane.