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Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family

Thomas Mann · 1901

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Arcdocumentary_anthologylinearchronologicalidentityshamebelongingpowerdesire

Themeschoolmistress body-linefictionforehead kissdomestic intrusionshamecookstairwellmother’s house

Voicepoeticdetachedmournfulreflectivedistressedclinical

Context1901lived_experience

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What this book knows

A merchant dynasty's vitality drains across generations as aesthetic sensitivity, bourgeois duty, and physical decay pull the family apart.

Sex: Present
Work: Primary
Learning: Present
Religion: Present

ambition-and-statusmortalitybelonging

belonging

Mother's house, this house was my 'mark' in life, Tom... And now... and now... sell...
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After the first steps he had taken on his path in life, he became aware of music as an extraordinarily serious, important and profound thing.
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ambition-and-status

His father patted him on the back and drew his attention to rich Kröger's daughter, who gave the company a handsome dowry; he wholeheartedly agreed.
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As long as she knew Herr Grünlich was far away, she had downright enjoyed the serious negotiations with her parents and the sudden importance of her person.
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mortality

The child lay in the deepest state of exhaustion, and the fixed sideways glance from the deeply shadowed eyes pointed to a brain disorder. The ending almost seemed desirable.
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All the nerves on this side are too short... Imagine, on the whole left side all nerves too short with me! It's so strange...
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