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About the product «The Chosen One» is one of the most subtle, fascinating and at the same time philosophical works of Thomas Mann, stylized as a medieval story. The main source for Thomas Mann was the poem of the German poet Hartmann von Aue «Gregory the Stolpnik», the plot of which the author adheres to in the novel. In addition to this poem, in The Chosen One, according to Mann’s own testimony, the courtly epic Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach, old songs dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and the Song of the Nibelungs received a parody rethinking. So, once the Duke of Flanders and Artois lived, and they had no children with the Duchess. But once God (and maybe the devil) took mercy on the spouses — the duchess gave birth to twins. They were destined to secretly love each other, and give life to the fruit of this terrible sin — a son named Gregorius, who had to go through many strange adventures, do many deeds, both good and bad, and become famous under the nickname «Holy Sinner» … …
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