![]() ![]() He could be French, Italian or English at the drop of his handsome lower lip. A housemaid with exciting green eyes and an audacious lady of the evening supplied ample instruction.Ībove all else Felix developed the ability to change his nature and his wit to profit from any situation. There were, of course, some things that Felix could not teach himself. These two newly acquired skills were never to be forgotten by the apt student. In the free time thus afforded, he discovered the great splendors candy stores held within their often unguarded doors. By suitable applications he was able to create sickness which convinced even degree-holders that he should carefully avoid school. Occasionally, costumes that his godfather supplied gave material wings for these flights of fancy.Īfter his supply of idols was exhausted, young Felix turned to learning the healing arts. He was the Kaiser, he was a dashing young prince, he was even a lover, he was anything he could or would think of. His first approach was to envelop himself in clouds of unbridled imagination. His education consisted in learning new techniques for these attempts. It was then that he delighted to muse to himself, "I (can) not conceal from myself that I am made of superior stuff or, as people say, of finer clay." From this time on his life consisted of varying attempts to prove and demonstrate this thesis. He achieves his ends with a remarkable facility and lack of effort.įelix's education began some early day in the perpetual childhood that was to be his life. ![]() He uses the first to gain the second with a total disregard for social or ethical mores. Both the young man and the education are exceptional.įelix Krull is a man of talent and a man of desire. Thomas Mann's last book, Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man, is a study of a young man's education. ![]()
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