Only some 40 years later-from 1951 to 1954-did Mann resume work on Krull, and he did so without any sign of stylistic interruption. Mann had intended to continue the Krull adventures, but various events interrupted him from further developing the still-fragmentary short work. Not until 1936, under the succinct title Felix Krull, would an English translation of the 1922 version appear in Stories of Three Decades, an edition of Mann’s selected short fiction written from 1897 to 1929.
In 1922 these pages appeared in hardbound book entitled Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull: Buch der Kindheit ( Confessions of Felix Krull Conf dence Man: The Early Years). He had begun the work in 1910, publishing fragments in 19. The writing of Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: Memories, Part One-a masterpiece novel about an elegant and intriguing con artist-took Mann a lifetime to complete. In 1929 the 54-year old Thomas Mann-who became one of the quintessential novelists of the modern period- was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. Mann’s last composition, the magnum opus novel Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man, and his earlier Buddenbrooks (1901) represent his best-known accomplishments. The German author towered above the times in which he lived and has continued to be universally acclaimed, with readers today no less fascinated by his world and work, which characterize the best of creative thought. The works of Thomas Mann (1875– 1955), a distinguished literary figure of the 20th century, epitomize the modern writer. Analysis of Thomas Mann’s Confessions of Felix Krull
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