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Buddenbrooks (German: [ˈbʊdn̩ˌbʁoːks] ⓘ) is a 1901 novel by Thomas Mann, chronicling the decline of a wealthy north German merchant family over the course of four generations, incidentally portraying the manner of life and mores of the Hanseatic bourgeoisie in the years from 1835 to 1877.
- Thomas Mann
- 1901
Oct 9, 2022 · Of the many works by the renowned German author Thomas Mann (1875–1955), including Death in Venice and The Magic Mountain, none match the epic proportion or literary legacy of the novel Buddenbrooks.
A classic of modern literature: Buddenbrooks is the story of four generations of a wealthy bourgeois family in northern Germany facing the advent of modernity; in an uncertain new world, the family’s bonds and traditions begin to disintegrate. With an introduction by T. J. Reed, and translated by John E. Woods.
- (30.9K)
- Hardcover
Buddenbrooks, novel by Thomas Mann, published in 1901 in two volumes in German as Buddenbrooks, Verfall einer Familie (“Buddenbrooks, the Decline of a Family”). The work was Mann’s first novel, and it expressed the ambivalence of his feelings about the value of the life of the artist as opposed to.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Buddenbrooks: With Ursula Dirichs, Reinhild Solf, Volkert Kraeft, Gerd Böckmann. Family saga set in 19th century Germany, chronicling the lives of three generations of the Buddenbrook family, the owners of a family business in the northern town of Luebeck.
- (142)
- 1979-10-05
- Drama
- 614
May 28, 2006 · Rilke's review, published in 1902, recognises fundamental aspects of the position of Buddenbrooks in the first year of the twentieth century. Rilke is fully aware of the novel's double character as a record of an actually experienced reality and a carefully constructed and intricately developed work of art.
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The Buddenbrooks (German: Die Buddenbrooks) is a television series which originally aired on ARD in 1979. Based on the 1901 novel Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann, it was made as a co-production between France and West Germany.
