Part 6, Chapter 8, comes to a close with the sentence of this post’s title. What could possibly happen that is more dreadful than what has already occurred? As Tony tells us herself, in a letter home:
“Oh, Mother,” she wrote, “everything happens to me! First Grunlich and then bankruptcy and then Permaneder’s retirement and now this dead child. What have I done to deserve such misfortune?”
Poor Tony. My heart quite goes out to her, as her accumulated misfortunes are amounting to a rather large pile.
This Veteran’s Day, a day off from school, I am spending in my wingback chair, thoroughly immersed in the drama of the Buddenbrooks family. It is a novel I most heartily recommend, German Literature Month or not.
Envious of your day off. I got to drive in to work at 6:45 on a sheet of ice. 😨❄
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You are making me quite curious to read The Buddenbrooks…
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This sounds like quite an absorbing novel, Bellezza! I hope your reading time was uninterrupted yesterday.
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