The Black Swan (short story)

The Black Swan

The German edition
Author	Thomas Mann
Language	German
Published	1954
Publication place	Germany
Media type	Print

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The Black Swan (German: Die Betrogene: Erzählung) is a German novella written by Thomas Mann, first published in 1954. A period work, it takes place in Düsseldorf, Germany, in the mid-1920s.