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Over how many generations does Buddenbrooks trace the decline of the merchant family?
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In his 1901 novel Buddenbrooks, Thomas Mann traces the decline of the merchant family over four generations. The narrative follows the family and their business house from the height of their prosperity in 1835 until their eventual extinction in 1877.12