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  • Death in Venice (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. A Psychological Novella of Artistic Obsession, Forbidden Desire, Classical Beauty, and Decay in Cholera-Stricken Venice

    by Thomas Mann, June Umberley ...
    Translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter ...
    Death in Venice is a tightly wrought novella of artistic obsession, erotic longing, and moral dissolution, set against the luminous yet pestilential atmosphere of early twentieth-century Venice. Thomas Mann's prose combines classical restraint with psychological intensity, tracing the celebrated writer Gustav von Aschenbach's descent from disciplined aesthetic idealism into feverish infatuation ... Read more

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  • Royal Highness

    Enriched edition.

    by Thomas Mann, Harper Whitlock ...
    Translated by A. Cecil Curtis ...
    In "Royal Highness," Thomas Mann crafts a nuanced exploration of the interplay between personal ambition and societal expectations set against the backdrop of a fictional European principality. Mann's prose demonstrates his trademark psychological depth and incisive wit, painting a vivid portrait of aristocratic life while dissecting the intricacies of identity and fidelity. The novella is steeped ... Read more

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  • The Holy Sinner

    by Thomas Mann ...
    Translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter ...
    The ringing of bells, the surging and swelling of bells supra urbem, above the whole city, in its airs overfilled with sound. Bells, bells, they swing and sway, they wag and weave through their whole arc on their beams, in their seats, hundred-voiced, in Babylonish confusion. Slow and swift, blaring and booming—there is neither measure nor harmony, they talk all at once and all together, they ... Read more

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  • Death in Venice

    by Mann, Thomas ...
    Death in Venice, novella by Thomas Mann, published in German as Der Tod in Venedig in 1912. A symbol-laden story of aestheticism and decadence, Mann’s best-known novella exemplifies the author’s regard for Sigmund Freud’s writings on the unconscious. Gustav von Aschenbach is a revered author whose work is known for its discipline and formal perfection. ... Read more

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  • Death in Venice

    by Thomas Mann ...
    Translated by Michael Henry Heim ...
    The world-famous masterpiece about a writer's obsessive pursuit of forbidden love by a Nobel Prize laureate.Translation by Michael Henry HeimPublished on the eve of World War I, a decade after Buddenbrooks had established Thomas Mann as a literary celebrity, Death in Venice tells the story of Gustave von Aschenbach, a successful but aging writer who follows his wanderlust to Venice in search of ... Read more

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  • The Holy Sinner

    Exploring sin, salvation, and the eternal struggle between good and evil in medieval Europe

    by Thomas Mann ...
    In "The Holy Sinner," Thomas Mann intricately weaves a narrative that delves into the themes of redemption, the nature of sin, and the complexities of human morality. Set against the backdrop of a medieval tale adapted from the German tale of the 'Holy Sinner,' Mann employs his characteristic prose style'Äîlyrical yet incisive, layered with philosophical contemplations and rich character ... Read more

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  • The Complete Works of Thomas Mann

    Buddenbrooks, The Magic Mountain, Doctor Faustus, The Chosen One, Death in Venice, Tristan, Joseph and His Brothers

    by Thomas Mann ...
    Translated by e-artnow ...
    Thomas Mann is regarded as one of the most important writers of German and European modernism. Born in Lübeck into a prosperous merchant family, he was early shaped by the tension between bourgeois values and artistic vocation, a conflict that would become central to his literary work. After initial success as a young author, he settled in Munich and soon emerged as a leading intellectual voice of ... Read more

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  • The Magic Mountain (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Modernist Novel of Existential Exploration

    by Thomas Mann, June Umberley ...
    Translated by Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter ...
    Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain is a monumental modernist novel set in a Swiss tuberculosis sanatorium, where the young engineer Hans Castorp arrives for a brief visit and remains for seven years. Through languorous conversations, medical rituals, erotic awakenings, and philosophical debates, Mann transforms the Alpine retreat into a symbolic microcosm of prewar Europe. Its style is ironic, ... Read more

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  • The Magic Mountain

    by Thomas Mann ...
    "The Magic Mountain is simply one of the greatest novels ever written." - The GuardianWith this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Thomas Mann rose to the front ranks of the great modern novelists, winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. The Magic Mountain takes place in an exclusive tuberculosis sanatorium in the Swiss Alps - a community devoted to sickness that serves as a fictional ... Read more

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  • Delphi Collected Works of Thomas Mann Illustrated

    by Thomas Mann ...
    Series Book 11 - Delphi Series Sixteen
    Thomas Mann was the greatest German novelist of the twentieth century and his early masterpieces ‘Buddenbrooks’, ‘Death in Venice’ and ‘The Magic Mountain’ earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. His style is finely wrought, enriched by humour, symbolism and parody, providing a composition that is subtle and multi-layered. By the end of his life, Mann’s works had already acquired the ... Read more

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  • Buddenbrooks (Complete)

    by Thomas Mann ...
    “And—and—what comes next?” “Oh, yes, yes, what the dickens does come next? C’est la question, ma très chère demoiselle!” Frau Consul Buddenbrook shot a glance at her husband and came to the rescue of her little daughter. She sat with her mother-in-law on a straight white-enamelled sofa with yellow cushions and a gilded lion’s head at the top. The Consul was in his easy-chair beside her, and the ... Read more

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  • Doctor Faustus

    Enriched edition.

    by Thomas Mann, Harper Whitlock ...
    In 'Doctor Faustus,' Thomas Mann masterfully explores the metaphysical and artistic struggles of Adrian Leverkühn, a composer who makes a Faustian pact in pursuit of musical genius. Set against the backdrop of a politically turbulent Germany, Mann employs a modernist literary style that intricately weaves philosophical musings with symphonic motifs, reflecting the tension between art and morality. ... Read more

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