The Magic Mountain (Volume One)
Thomas Mann (1875 - 1955)
Translated by Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter (1876 - 1963)

Thomas Mann’s epic novel depicts a decaying, corrupted European society on the eve of the First World War. Set in a luxurious sanatorium high up in the Swiss mountains, we follow the destinies of a variety of exotic characters – members of a bourgeois elite drawn from all parts of Europe. Most suffer from consumption, dream of a cure - yet are at the same time squeezing as much pleasure and distraction as they can out of a situation ever-shadowed by sickness, pain, and death. Part surreal comedy, part grim tragedy, part allegory, and part novel of ideas, Mann’s novel is regarded by many as one of the key literary texts of the twentieth century. Summary by Steve Gough

Genre(s): Culture & Heritage Fiction

Language: English

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00 Forward Steve Gough
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01 Chapter 1: Arrival Steve Gough
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02 Chapter 1: Number Thirty Four Steve Gough
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03 Chapter 1: In the Restaurant Steve Gough
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04 Chapter 2: Of the Christening Basin Steve Gough
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05 Chapter 2: At Tienappels Steve Gough
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06 Chapter 3: Drawing the Veil Steve Gough
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07 Chapter 3: Breakfast Steve Gough
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08 Chapter 3: Banter Steve Gough
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09 Chapter 3: Satana Steve Gough
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10 Chapter 3: Mental Gymnastic Steve Gough
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11 Chapter 3: A Word too Much Steve Gough
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12 Chapter 3: Of course, a Female Steve Gough
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13 Chapter 3: Herr Albin Steve Gough
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14 Chapter 3: Satana makes Proposals Steve Gough
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15 Chapter 4: Necessary Purchases Steve Gough
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16 Chapter 4: Excursus on the Sense of Time Steve Gough
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17 Chapter 4: He Practises his French Steve Gough
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18 Chapter 4: Politically Suspect Steve Gough
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19 Chapter 4: Hippe Steve Gough
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20 Chapter 4: Analysis Steve Gough
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21 Chapter 4: Doubts and Considerations Steve Gough
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22 Chapter 4: Table Talk Steve Gough
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23 Chapter 4: Mounting Misgivings (1) Steve Gough
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24 Chapter 4: Mounting Misgivings (2) Steve Gough
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25 Chapter 4: The Thermometer (1) Steve Gough
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26 Chapter 4: The Thermometer (2) Steve Gough
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27 Chapter 4: The Thermometer (3) Steve Gough
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28 Chapter 5: Soup Everlasting (1) Steve Gough
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29 Chapter 5: Soup Everlasting (2) Steve Gough
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30 Chapter 5: Sudden Enlightenment (1) Steve Gough
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31 Chapter 5: Sudden Enlightenment (2) Steve Gough
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32 Chapter 5: Freedom Steve Gough
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33 Chapter 5: Whims of Mercurius Steve Gough
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34 Chapter 5: Encyclopaedic (1) Steve Gough
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35 Chapter 5: Encyclopaedic (2) Steve Gough
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36 Chapter 5: Humaniora (1) Steve Gough
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37 Chapter 5: Humaniora (2) Steve Gough
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38 Chapter 5: Research (1) Steve Gough
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39 Chapter 5: Research (2) Steve Gough
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40 Chapter 5: Research (3) Steve Gough
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41 Chapter 5: The Dance of Death (1) Steve Gough
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42 Chapter 5: The Dance of Death (2) Steve Gough
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43 Chapter 5: The Dance of Death (3) Steve Gough
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44 Chapter 5: The Dance of Death (4) Steve Gough
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45 Chapter 5: The Dance of Death (5) Steve Gough
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46 Chapter 5: Walpurgis Night (1) Steve Gough
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47 Chapter 5: Walpurgis Night (2) Steve Gough
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48 Chapter 5: Walpurgis Night (3) Steve Gough
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