The narrator of this novel declares that aestheticism prepares the soul for barbarism, in a chapter contemplating a work of his called (*) Apocalypse.
A character in this novel tells an anecdote about viewing deep-sea creatures during a descent in a diving bell, even though he only read about it. In this novel, an actress's plans to marry into an Alsatian family are ruined when her ex-lover mails that family a letter detailing their affair, causing her to take cyanide in an episode modeled on the real-life suicide of the author's sister. The narrator of this novel declares that aestheticism prepares the soul for barbarism, in a chapter contemplating a work of his called (*) Apocalypse. The protagonist of this novel is taught by Wendell Kretzschmar and knowingly contracts syphilis from the prostitute Esmeralda. For 10 points, Serenus Zeitblom narrates the tale of Adrian Leverkühn, a composer who makes a pact with the devil, in what novel by Thomas Mann?
A character in this novel tells an anecdote about viewing deep-sea creatures during a descent in a diving bell, even though he only read about it.
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