Clavis Libri

The Magic Mountain

Summary & Analysis

Pick one chapter: in each one, you get a summary of what happens, followed by the passages with analysis.

  1. Chapter IThe Arrival at the Berghof
  2. Chapter IIThe Baptismal Basin and the Two Figures of the Grandfather
  3. Chapter IIIThe First Full Day and the Arrival of Settembrini
  4. Chapter IVThe Sense of Time, Hippe and the Thermometer
  5. Chapter VHumaniora, the Analysis and Walpurgis Night
  6. Chapter VINaphta, the Snow, and Joachim's Death
  7. Chapter VIIPeeperkorn, the Great Boredom, and the Thunder