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Word: buddenbrook (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
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...Johann Buddenbrook. The son of the founder of the firm. "A kind papa, a worthy man." A German of the old 18th Century school who "never in all his life has worn a pair of trousers." Able in business, he has raised the Buddenbrooks to their important position. What if he is a rough diamond, who sometimes forgets himself and relapses into low German dialect before the fine guests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Buddenbrooks* | 2/25/1924 | See Source »

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