Buddenbrooks
Translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter
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The opening
I
“And—and—what comes next?”
“Oh, yes, yes, what the dickens does come next? C’est la question, ma très chère demoiselle!”
Frau Consul Buddenbrook shot a glance at her husband and came to the rescue of her little daughter. She sat with her mother-in-law on a straight white-enamelled sofa with yellow cushions and a gilded lion’s head at the top. The Consul was in his easy-chair beside her, and the child perched on her grandfather’s knee in the window.
“Tony,” prompted the Frau Consul, “ ‘I believe that God’—”
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About this edition
- The words
- H. T. Lowe-Porter's English translation, copied word for word.
- Left out
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
- Imprint
- A preface, foreword or afterword
- Colophon
- Copyright-page
- Toc
- Landmarks