Magic Mountain (Volume One)
Thomas Mann
Play
Length 16 h 21 min
Chapters 48
First published 1927
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
Chapters
1
Forward Read by Steve Gough 3:56
2
Chapter 1: Number Thirty Four Read by Steve Gough 9:21
3
Chapter 1: In the Restaurant Read by Steve Gough 14:53
4
Chapter 2: Of the Christening Basin Read by Steve Gough 30:02
5
Chapter 2: At Tienappels Read by Steve Gough 25:31
6
Chapter 3: Drawing the Veil Read by Steve Gough 8:28
7
Chapter 3: Breakfast Read by Steve Gough 20:25
8
Chapter 3: Banter Read by Steve Gough 25:16
9
Chapter 3: Satana Read by Steve Gough 26:05
10
Chapter 3: Mental Gymnastic Read by Steve Gough 15:20
11
Chapter 3: A Word too Much Read by Steve Gough 11:42
12
Chapter 3: Of course, a Female Read by Steve Gough 13:29
13
Chapter 3: Herr Albin Read by Steve Gough 7:49
14
Chapter 3: Satana makes Proposals Read by Steve Gough 31:13
15
Chapter 4: Necessary Purchases Read by Steve Gough 27:10
16
Chapter 4: Excursus on the Sense of Time Read by Steve Gough 10:47
17
Chapter 4: He Practises his French Read by Steve Gough 12:49
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Chapter 4: Politically Suspect Read by Steve Gough 14:26
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Chapter 4: Hippe Read by Steve Gough 27:25
20
Chapter 4: Analysis Read by Steve Gough 18:47
21
Chapter 4: Doubts and Considerations Read by Steve Gough 9:59
22
Chapter 4: Table Talk Read by Steve Gough 17:53
23
Chapter 4: Mounting Misgivings (1) Read by Steve Gough 30:46
24
Chapter 4: Mounting Misgivings (2) Read by Steve Gough 27:15
25
Chapter 4: The Thermometer (1) Read by Steve Gough 22:34
26
Chapter 4: The Thermometer (2) Read by Steve Gough 22:16
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Chapter 4: The Thermometer (3) Read by Steve Gough 16:15
28
Chapter 5: Soup Everlasting (1) Read by Steve Gough 25:56
29
Chapter 5: Soup Everlasting (2) Read by Steve Gough 31:03
30
Chapter 5: Sudden Enlightenment (1) Read by Steve Gough 22:01
31
Chapter 5: Sudden Enlightenment (2) Read by Steve Gough 23:16
32
Chapter 5: Freedom Read by Steve Gough 16:09
33
Chapter 5: Whims of Mercurius Read by Steve Gough 29:11
34
Chapter 5: Encyclopaedic (1) Read by Steve Gough 22:33
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Chapter 5: Encyclopaedic (2) Read by Steve Gough 20:59
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Chapter 5: Humaniora (1) Read by Steve Gough 22:40
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Chapter 5: Humaniora (2) Read by Steve Gough 22:22
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Chapter 5: Research (1) Read by Steve Gough 19:19
39
Chapter 5: Research (2) Read by Steve Gough 17:26
40
Chapter 5: Research (3) Read by Steve Gough 19:38
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Chapter 5: The Dance of Death (1) Read by Steve Gough 20:33
42
Chapter 5: The Dance of Death (2) Read by Steve Gough 21:58
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Chapter 5: The Dance of Death (3) Read by Steve Gough 22:39
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Chapter 5: The Dance of Death (4) Read by Steve Gough 17:18
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Chapter 5: The Dance of Death (5) Read by Steve Gough 17:31
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Chapter 5: Walpurgis Night (1) Read by Steve Gough 20:32
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Chapter 5: Walpurgis Night (2) Read by Steve Gough 18:59
48
Chapter 5: Walpurgis Night (3) Read by Steve Gough 25:43
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