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The Buddenbrooks is not just a family chronicle – it is a profound, melancholic fresco of how time and change inexorably creep into the core of a respectable bourgeois family, bringing with them a downfall that is both tragic and inevitable.
The autobiography of the German composer, reformer of modern opera, and one of the most revered artists of the 19th century. This deeply personal work covers Wagner's childhood, artistic development, and key moments up to 1864.
Sebald is not just a storyteller. His narrative process offers a model of consciousness that tells us: to be fully aware of oneself is to suffer from incurable vertigo.
The book itself is an autobiography, or rather the true story of Maria von Trapp, a young girl who saw more than great God's mercy and guidance throughout her life.
A romanticized biography of British adventurer Sir Richard Francis Burton. Three great journeys (India, the Hajj to Mecca, Africa, and the search for the source of the Nile) told from the perspectives of his Indian, Arab, and African companions/guides.
A 1782 play by Friedrich Schiller, a key work of the Sturm und Drang movement. The plot revolves around the conflict between two brothers from the Moor family, Karl and Franz, and explores the themes of freedom, morality and social justice.