Buddenbrooks
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Buddenbrooks
| Full title | Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family |
|---|---|
| Author | Thomas Mann |
| Published | 1901 |
| Pages | 669 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Mann’s novel of four generations of a Lübeck merchant family — a trading house rising and then decaying as each generation gets further from the business that made it. The family-firm decline curve, written in 1901. |
Where I heard about it
- @moseskagan’s thread — named in the replies to his question “What historical fiction should I read next? (Bonus points for something involving building or trade, rather than violence)”, April 2025. Full set of replies: What historical fiction should I… (tweet).
Connections
- Historical Fiction — The genre the thread was asking about.
- Company Building — A merchant house across four generations.
- What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.
What links here
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