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vivaldirules · 10-11-2008, 03:19 PM

Speaking of Nobel winners, I've been wanting to read Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann (1929 Nobel winner) for years. It was first published in 1901 but the earliest English translation I can find was published in 1924 which means it's not in the public domain in the U.S. and since the translator (Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter) died in 1963, it won't make it to the public domain in Canada, for example, for another 5 years. Since Sony (nor Amazon) doesn't sell it in ebook format, I'd have to go buy the pbook (yuck). Does anyone know of an earlier translation?

10-11-2008, 03:19 PM	#14
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Speaking of Nobel winners, I've been wanting to read Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann (1929 Nobel winner) for years. It was first published in 1901 but the earliest English translation I can find was published in 1924 which means it's not in the public domain in the U.S. and since the translator (Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter) died in 1963, it won't make it to the public domain in Canada, for example, for another 5 years. Since Sony (nor Amazon) doesn't sell it in ebook format, I'd have to go buy the pbook (yuck). Does anyone know of an earlier translation? Last edited by vivaldirules; 10-11-2008 at 03:22 PM.