Terrific family novel. All characters well-rounded.
Thomas: holding the family together, integrity, common sense, some imagination, tense, weighed down by the burden of his name.
Christian: younger brother, hypochondriac, profligate, failure in business, womanizer, drain on family resources, irritates Thomas because he so readily recognizes Thomas's superiority in business yet doesn't seem to care.
Tony: sister, "I am not a silly goose.", two unsuccessful marriages, daughter Erika marries, and Tony in a way gets her third shot at marriage, did not marry her one true love early on because she needed to keep up the Buddenbrook name.
Thomas's son: Johann, weak, overly sensitive, the last of the line.
Thomas: holding the family together, integrity, common sense, some imagination, tense, weighed down by the burden of his name.
Christian: younger brother, hypochondriac, profligate, failure in business, womanizer, drain on family resources, irritates Thomas because he so readily recognizes Thomas's superiority in business yet doesn't seem to care.
Tony: sister, "I am not a silly goose.", two unsuccessful marriages, daughter Erika marries, and Tony in a way gets her third shot at marriage, did not marry her one true love early on because she needed to keep up the Buddenbrook name.
Thomas's son: Johann, weak, overly sensitive, the last of the line.
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