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by H
About This Novel
"The Buddenbrooks" (1901) is the masterpiece of the German writer Thomas Mann's novel. This great family novel chronicles the rise and fall of four generations of the Buddenbrooks, a prominent family in Lübeck, from 1835 to 1877. This book has a strong autobiographical flavor and is based on the rise and fall of the Mann family. It depicts reality to the last detail and can be called an epic masterpiece that reflects the social reality of Germany in the 19th century. The tragic tone and elegant and delicate style throughout the book have made it praised by Chinese readers as the "German Dream of Red Mansions". Mr. Fu Weici's translation is elegant and fluent. In 1962, this book was included in the "Classical Grid Edition" of the Humanities Society. For this inclusion in the "New Grid Edition", Professor Huang Liaoyu, an expert on Thomas Mann, was invited to re-write the preface to the translation.
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