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Tamara asked this question about The Magic Mountain:
I have the H.T. Lowe-Porter translation (in English). however, when we finally get to the conversation in the "Walpurgis Night" chapter, it is all in French. does anyone know why this is, and could anyone summarize what is said?
Emma Poetically, it may have been a necessity. Like Castorp says: “since for me speaking French is like speaking without saying anything somehow—with no re…morePoetically, it may have been a necessity. Like Castorp says: “since for me speaking French is like speaking without saying anything somehow—with no responsibilities, the way we speak in a dream.”
Otherwise he may have never shared his true feelings.(less)
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The Magic Mountain
by Thomas Mann
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