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Gladius Dei; Schwere Stunde

Thomas Mann

Gladius Dei; Schwere Stunde  is a short story collection written by Paul Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Pr..

Death in Venice

Thomas Mann

Considerations of ill-health had kept him from attending school as a boy, and had compelled him to receive instruction at home. He had grown up alone, without comrades—and he was forced to realize soo..