The Magic Mountain (Volume One)


Lu par 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)

Chapitres

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

Critiques

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.