Royal Highness (Curtis trans., English)
T. Mann
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Description
A minor German prince with a withered arm finds purpose, and love, in Thomas Mann's Royal Highness, read here in A. Cecil Curtis's English translation. Klaus Heinrich lives a life of pure ceremony in a tiny, fading principality. An American heiress and her father's millions arrive to disturb that gilded uselessness.
Lighter than Buddenbrooks, the novel keeps Mann's irony about art, duty, and modern money fully awake. The prince's formal existence slowly bends toward real work and real feeling. Mann called it a fairy tale, and its charm is genuine. Yet questions about what public roles do to private selves run underneath. A master's touch keeps the confection thoughtful to the end.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | T. Mann |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 674984 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |