The Magic Mountain

Theme Pillar

The book from top to bottom, chapter by chapter, in narrative order. Each mark is a theme that the chapter develops. Tap a theme to follow only its thread.

Chapter I The Arrival at the Berghof

Chapter II The Baptismal Basin and the Two Figures of the Grandfather

Chapter III The First Full Day and the Arrival of Settembrini

Chapter IV The Sense of Time, Hippe and the Thermometer

Chapter V Humaniora, the Analysis and Walpurgis Night

Chapter VI Naphta, the Snow, and Joachim's Death

Chapter VII Peeperkorn, the Great Boredom, and the Thunder