The Magic Mountain is a German novel written by Thomas Mann, published in November 1924, about a young and aspiring engineer, Hans Castorp, who while staying in the secluded world of a high-altitude sanatorium in the years leading up to 1914 encounters otherworldly figures who confront him with politics, philosophy, romance, illness and death, and who stays considerably longer than originally planned after falling in love with a woman he meets there. The novel was inspired by the conditions at a sanatorium in Davos that Mann had visited in 1912 while caring for his wife, who was suffering from tuberculosis, and it was republished in several editions and translated into numerous languages. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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How long does Hans Castorp stay at the sanatorium in The Magic Mountain?
He eventually stays for seven years.
Hans Castorp goes to the Berghof, a sanatorium in Davos high in the Swiss Alps, to visit his cousin Joachim Ziemssen, who is seeking a cure for tuberculosis. He eventually remains at the sanatorium for seven years.
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The Magic Mountain...is a German novel written by Thomas Mann, published in November 1924.
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is a German novel written by Thomas Mann, published in November 1924 about a young and aspiring engineer Hans Castorp.
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The Magic Mountain is a German novel written by Thomas Mann, published in November 1924, about a young and aspiring engineer, Hans Castorp, who while staying in the secluded world of a high-altitude sanatorium in the years leading up to 1914 encounters otherworldly figures who confront him with politics, philosophy, romance, illness and death, and who stays considerably longer than originally planned after falling in love with a woman he meets there.
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The Magic Mountain (German: Der Zauberberg, pronounced [deːɐ̯ ˈtsaʊbɐˌbɛʁk] ) is a German novel written by Thomas Mann, published in November 1924 about a young and aspiring engineer Hans Castorp. While staying in the secluded world of a high-altitude sanatorium in the years leading up to 1914, Hans encounters otherworldly figures who confront him with politics, philosophy, but also romance, illness, and death.
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The Magic Mountain...is a German novel written by Thomas Mann, published in November 1924.
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is a German novel written by Thomas Mann, published in November 1924
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