The Magic Mountain (Volume One)


Gelesen von Steve Gough

(4.2 stars; 23 reviews)

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 (16 hr 20 min)

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

Bewertungen

great book I enjoyed it very much but don't bother if...


(3 stars)

you don't speak French, the last hour is all in french

Wonderful book


(5 stars)

I learned a lot about TB and sanatoriums while listening to this book. Reader was excellent.