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Honestly, I love Mynheer Peeperkorn. He is one of Mann's best creations as a character--inarticulate force of personality
— May 21, 2022 07:55PM
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is on page 903 of 904
Death of Mynheer Peeperkorn. Stupor. Music. Seances. Home stretch.
— May 28, 2022 02:59PM

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is on page 770 of 904
Peeperkorn, toxicology vs pharmacology, great riff on poisons from quinine to cinchona to upas-rajah to strychnine
— May 23, 2022 10:50AM

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is on page 719 of 904
The masterful and heartbreaking death of Joachim Ziemssen, which closes out Chapter 6. One more to go!
— May 08, 2022 02:43PM

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is on page 626 of 904
Done with another interminable debate between Settembrini and Naphtha. These arguments are incomprehensible and give off big virgin energy tbh
— Apr 28, 2022 01:02PM

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is on page 595 of 904
Backstory of Naphtha, from Jew to Jesuit. Honestly audacious and compelling on Mann’s part.
— Apr 25, 2022 02:18PM

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is on page 571 of 904
Joachim departs! This is one of Mann’s better chapters, he really nails the divergence of Joachim and Hans. And not too much intellectual babbling either.
— Apr 21, 2022 01:48PM

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is on page 555 of 904
Long intellectual debate in Naphtha’s study. Kind of boring and abstruse but it does connect Christianty and communism. Young people awaiting agents of terror.
— Apr 17, 2022 12:14PM

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is on page 522 of 904
This book just goes on and on and on...magisterial Walpiurgis Night scene, though. And then the sudden flurry of departures
— Mar 25, 2022 08:38PM