The Confessions of Felix Krull
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The Confessions of Felix Krull is a picaresque novel by Thomas Mann that humorously chronicles the rise of a charming con artist through society by means of deception and role‑playing.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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picaresque novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
film adaptations
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television adaptations ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Mann ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
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picaresque fiction ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
autobiographical memoir form
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picaresque tradition ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | major late work of Thomas Mann ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Felix Krull ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | mock-confessional ⓘ |
| notableAspect |
humorous treatment of fraud and imposture
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satire of bourgeois society ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | con artist ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait |
charming
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manipulative ⓘ socially ambitious ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumously completed from existing material ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Germany
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Lisbon ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
| structure | unfinished work ⓘ |
| theme |
class and society
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deception ⓘ identity ⓘ performance ⓘ role-playing ⓘ social climbing ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Felix Krull ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
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ironic ⓘ |
| workOf | Thomas Mann bibliography ⓘ |
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