"This Dover edition, first published in 2020, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1924 by Alfred A. Knopf, New York. The book was first published in two volumes in German in 1901 by S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin"--Galley.
Summary
"Thomas Mann's landmark work chronicles the decline of a German merchant clan. Ranging from 1835 to 1877, the semi-autobiographical tale explores not only the fate of an individual family but also the crisis of an entire social class along with moral and philosophical themes related to duty, self-expression, and appearance versus reality"-- Provided by publisher.
