Nov 22, 2008

Buddenbrooks | Buddenbrooks

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Author: Thomas Mann
First Published: 1901
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Social realism
Time of Work: Nineteenth century
Setting: Germany
Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
Subjects: Family or family life, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Divorce, Death or dying, Business or business people, Germany or German people
Locales: Lubeck, Germany

Characters Discussed

Johann Buddenbrook (YOH-hahn BOO-dehn-brohk), the stout, rosy-faced, benevolent- looking patriarch of the Buddenbrook family. He is the wealthy, successful senior partner of a grain-trading firm inherited from his father.

Johann “Jean” Buddenbrook, Jr., called The Consul, his serious-looking, aquiline-nosed, blond-bearded first son by his second wife. Jean combines the sentimentalist and the businessman. He rejoices over a happy family gathering, worries about the alienation of his half brother, Gotthold, from the family, and then advises coolly...

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Buddenbrooks | Buddenbrooks

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Characters Discussed

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