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Thank you. And I agree, this chapter almost makes you want to get lost in the snow!

Hi Christine, here is another snowy installment.... Section 21, Hans's journey reaching toward a Hollywood-style climax! (22.32)
https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/magicmountian2_21_mann_128kb.mp3
Best wishes Steve

Thank you Christine! Yes, this is a bravura part of the MM, the sequence I most recall from my first reading of it, years ago. And there is more snow and storm to go..... Hans Castorp is not out of the woods or free of that cliff quite yet..... brrrr.....!

Brrr! It is cold here in the UK - and Hans Castorp is pretty frozen too in this section (25.01). Hope you are keeping warm - or cool - down there!
https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/magicmountian2_20_mann_128kb.mp3

Oh, my! That video has perfectly lit up my morning. Simply magical, giving grace and beauty and sublimity to these icy times!!! Birds continue to offer free advice on how humans should live, such a pity we choose to ignore them. (Glad you enjoyed the section, I made as many mistakes as ever, and cur...

Dear Christine, here is S19, at 26.21.
Entitled 'Snow', rather aptly I thought, as it was snowing as I edited it! Some vintage TM descriptive writing here....
https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/magicmountian2_19_mann_128kb.mp3
Best wishes Steve

Yes, and I felt a bit like Hans Castorp at the end, prodding my walking stick in the snow and wondering what all those big words amounted to!! Thx as always, Christine.

Bravo for such a rich and varied life!!

Of course, perfectly understand, take your time. Hope you had a great Christmas break too. You sound busy now. How many books are you PL-ing?

Hi Christine. Here is my first recording for the new year. Section 18, at 24.13. It felt a bit of a slog, I must admit, but perhaps it was just that Christmas has come and gone and January here in the UK is very damp and grey! Hope that 'hangover' does not show in my voice!! https://librivox.org/upl...

Dear Anne and Christine - hoping you have both had a happy holidays! - and wishing you both the very best for 2024. As you might imagine, I am on a short MM break, but will return to the fray next week.
Warmest wishes
Steve

Thank you Christine. I forgot to checkthe ending so I appreciate the nudge!

Great!

Hi Christine
Here is section 17, at 19.04, wherein the great Settembini/Naphta debate continues!
https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/magicmountian2_17_mann_128kb.mp3
Best Steve

Thank you as always and also for your very encouraging comments. I think the section divisions may not always work so fortuitously! I am actually devising them as I go along because for Vol 1 I divided them all up ahead of the work and then felt an added pressure to meet the needs of each section. T...