Culture125 years of Thomas Mann’s ‘Buddenbrooks’
Thomas Mann’s novel offers a broad portrait of 19th-century society through the decline of a merchant family, including its unrecognized sons, disillusioned daughters and fading middle-class ideals. Mann drew on his own Lübeck merchant-family background but altered biographical details in shaping the work.
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125 years of Thomas Mann’s ‘Buddenbrooks’
Culture