_Published, February, 1924_ _Second Printing, July, 1924_ _Third Printing, March, 1927_ _Buddenbrooks_ was written before the turn of the century; it was first published in 1902, and became a German classic. It is one of those novels--we possess many of them in English--which are at once a work of art and a unique record of a period and a district. _Buddenbrooks_ is great in its psychology, great as the monument of a vanished cultural tradition, and ultimately great by the perfection of its art: the classic purity and beautiful austerity of its style.…
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