Round 16: Tossup 9

A balding wastrel from this family often tells stories about Valparaíso and a man he met in England named Johnny Thunderstorm. A boy from this family stays up late at the opera, wakes up in a (10[1])freezing dorm, and cheats his way through a Latin recital in a chapter that follows one day in his life. (10[1])A rival buys this family’s former mansion decades after they host a housewarming party in which they reminisce about the French occupation. A patriarch (10[1])of this family, who collapses in the street after an (10[1])unfinished tooth extraction, (10[2])is the last (10[2])to hold the title (-5[1])“consul.” This family includes (10[1])the twice-divorced woman Tony (10[1])and the musically talented (10[1])boy Hanno, (10[3])who dies (10[2])of (10[3])typhus (10[3])to end a novel that follows the decline of their grain firm across four generations. (10[1])For 10 points, what family of Lübeck merchants titles the first novel by Thomas Mann? ■END■ (10[1])

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