The Black Swan (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Mann
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Novella
- Type of Plot: Symbolism
- Time of Work: 1920’s
- Setting: Düsseldorf, Germany
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Mothers, Parents and children, Love or romance, Art or artists, 1920’s, Cancer, Widows or widowers, Germany or German people, Middle age, Menopause
- Locales: Düsseldorf, Germany
Characters Discussed
Rosalie von Tümmler (fon- TEWM-lehr), a widowed upper-class socialite of fifty who has settled in the city of Düsseldorf following her husband Robert’s “heroic” death in a car accident while serving in World War I. She and her two children, Anna and Eduard, live quietly and modestly together. She is a child of nature, a likable, happy, thoughtful, and slightly too chatty woman. She is a good friend of her daughter, Anna, who is unmarried. Rosalie is dismayed at the onset of menopause, saying she is “no longer a woman” but only “the dried out...
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