Buddenbrooks

Name: Buddenbrooks
Author: Thomas Mann
ISBN: 9781857151077

Thomas Mann

Hardback · Everyman

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This epic, sub-titled ‘The Decline of a Family’, was Mann’s first novel, published in 1901. It traces the gradual downfall of a wealthy family over four generations in the city of Lubeck. The novel is widely regarded as a classic portrait of bourgeois society and family life in 19th century Germany.

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