This is a moving love story and a vivid depiction of Berlin in the 1870s, from G
ermany's greatest nineteenth-century novelist Theodor Fontane. Lene is a beautif
ul, orphaned young seamstress, and Botho is a handsome, aristocratic cavalry off
icer. They are in love, yet know they have only a short time together as society
deems their relationship impossible and refuses to acknowledge the seriousness
of their feelings.
