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Buddenbrooks, volume 1 of 2Thomas Mann

Buddenbrooks, volume 1 of 2

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Original author: Thomas Mann

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"Buddenbrooks, volume 1 of 2" by Thomas Mann is a novel published in 1901. It chronicles the decline of a wealthy north German merchant family across four generations, from 1835 to 1877. Drawing from Mann's own family history in Lübeck, the story explores conflicts between business and art, duty and personal happiness, as the Buddenbrook family's fortunes and ideals gradually erode amid Germany's rapid industrialization and changing values. Mann's first novel earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929.

Buddenbrooks, volume 1 of 2, by Thomas Mann. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #72961.

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63 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: “And--and--what comes next?”2,138 words
  2. 2.Chapter II1,100 words
  3. 3.Chapter III810 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV1,776 words
  5. 5.Chapter V: “Did you ever see him, Herr Pastor?”1,418 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI679 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII598 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: They were rising from table1,428 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX554 words
  10. 10.Chapter X1,797 words
  11. 11.Chapter I2,727 words
  12. 12.Chapter II1,762 words
  13. 13.Chapter III1,089 words
  14. 14.Chapter IV1,724 words
  15. 15.Chapter V1,755 words
  16. 16.Chapter VI1,250 words
  17. 17.Chapter VII2,187 words
  18. 18.Chapter I2,422 words
  19. 19.Chapter II2,124 words
  20. 20.Chapter III1,469 words
  21. 21.Chapter IV1,171 words
  22. 22.Chapter V2,431 words
  23. 23.Chapter VI1,446 words
  24. 24.Chapter VII1,478 words
  25. 25.Chapter VIII2,307 words
  26. 26.Chapter IX1,167 words
  27. 27.Chapter X: Dearest Mademoiselle Buddenbrook,754 words
  28. 28.Chapter XI1,508 words
  29. 29.Chapter XII836 words
  30. 30.Chapter XIII1,055 words
  31. 31.Chapter XIV1,655 words
  32. 32.Chapter XV1,026 words
  1. 33.Chapter I: April 30, 18461,824 words
  2. 34.Chapter II1,340 words
  3. 35.Chapter III3,639 words
  4. 36.Chapter IV1,010 words
  5. 37.Chapter V1,241 words
  6. 38.Chapter VI2,464 words
  7. 39.Chapter VII2,819 words
  8. 40.Chapter VIII2,555 words
  9. 41.Chapter IX660 words
  10. 42.Chapter X3,674 words
  11. 43.Chapter XI1,598 words
  12. 44.Chapter I: “Good evening, Justus,” said the Frau Consul. “How are you? Sit down.”2,673 words
  13. 45.Chapter II2,353 words
  14. 46.Chapter III2,345 words
  15. 47.Chapter IV940 words
  16. 48.Chapter V1,723 words
  17. 49.Chapter VI1,117 words
  18. 50.Chapter VII1,058 words
  19. 51.Chapter VIII2,218 words
  20. 52.Chapter IX1,823 words
  21. 53.Chapter I1,561 words
  22. 54.Chapter II1,651 words
  23. 55.Chapter III2,344 words
  24. 56.Chapter IV3,411 words
  25. 57.Chapter V2,487 words
  26. 58.Chapter VI4,580 words
  27. 59.Chapter VII2,307 words
  28. 60.Chapter VIII1,745 words
  29. 61.Chapter IX2,460 words
  30. 62.Chapter X3,989 words
  31. 63.Chapter XI1,552 words