Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
by Thomas Mann
1901 / 732 pages / rating 10
The story of a bourgeois family in 19th century Germany , 1835 – 1877. More specifically, it’s the tale of the family of Johann Buddenbrooks and his family, his children, grandchildren and great grandchild – 4 generations. Johann is a grain broker, like his own father, but makes a