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- The novel is narrated by the protagonist, an impostor and adventurer named Felix Krull, the son of a ruined Rhineland winemaker. Felix avoids military service and makes his way to France, where he takes a job in a prestigious hotel, first as an elevator operator, then as a waiter.
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The novel is narrated by the protagonist, an impostor and adventurer named Felix Krull, the son of a ruined Rhineland winemaker. Felix avoids military service and makes his way to France, where he takes a job in a prestigious hotel, first as an elevator operator, then as a waiter.
- Thomas Mann
- 1954
Jan 1, 2015 · Felix Krull is the very self-reflective memoir of a self-confessed conman that is a great work of self-justification more than a revelation of the makings of a conman (although it is that, too). Then suddenly the novel becomes plot-oriented.
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Oct 10, 2022 · After selling his newly obtained riches, Felix acquires independence and begins to lead a double life: During the day he is Armand the hotel employee, while in the evening he is Felix Krull, man about town, a highly gifted and self-promoting confidence trickster.
The Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man, novel by Thomas Mann, originally published in German as Die Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull in 1954; the first few chapters were published in 1922 as a short story.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Felix Krull, the protagonist, is a German who moves to France. As a young boy, he lives with his family in the Rhine Valley and briefly, after his father’s suicide, in Frankfurt. Felix is a...
May 28, 2006 · The protagonist's name Felix, signifying the happy one, is onomastic testimony to the felicitous nature and fate of his composite psychomythic character. Type Chapter
Dive deep into Thomas Mann's Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion.
