Heinrich Mann

Author: Klaus Schlosser
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Publish Date: 1998-01-01
Features: When Heinrich Mann looked back on his happy childhood days spent in the parental home in Lübeck in his later years, he felt that the social life at home was so "unique," as luxurious as the social life in Napoleon III's and the beautiful Eugénie court. That evening, the Rococo hall exuded a "soft, bright atmosphere," hosting various masquerades; ballroom dances, quadrilles, galops. "It was a period when the social world placed great emphasis on cultural refinement, and people were never so polite. Word guessing games were played in the salon; ladies drew pictures on their friends' fans with watercolors, while gentlemen wrote the names of the ladies they admired on them. People also invented a unique form of entertainment—a writing game, to see who had the fewest spelling mistakes. This book includes family background, early literary career, 'I have grown weary of these petty bourgeoisie,' 'wise policy,' war—'ININIMICOS,' the empire that would never return, the current state of the republic, L'IMBECILE, the history of a good king, the Popular Front, farewell to Europe, having observed an era, translation name comparison table.