Magic Mountain 1982

The novel "Magic Mountain" by Thomas Mann is obligatory reading in Switzerland (at least when I had been in high school). The magic mountain features the number 7. (An article about this. There are 7 important characters
  • Castorp, the engineer
  • Settembrini, the writer
  • Naphta, the professor
  • Chauchat, the beauty
  • Peeperkorn, the tragedy
  • Ziemsen, the officer
  • Behrens, the director
From Wikipedia: Mann makes use of the number seven, often believed to have magical qualities:
  • Castorp was seven when his parents died;
  • he stays seven years at the Berghof, from the years 1907 to 1914;
  • the central Walpurgis Night scene happens after seven months,
  • both cousins of Castorp have seven letters in their last name,
  • the dining hall has seven tables,
  • Madame Chauchat is initially assigned room number 7,
  • the digits of Castorp's room number (34) add up to seven, and
  • Joachim's room is a multiple of seven (28).
  • Settembrini's name includes 'seven' (sette) in Italian,
  • Joachim keeps a thermometer in his mouth for seven minutes, and
  • Mynheer Peeperkorn announces his suicide in a group of seven.
  • Joachim decides to leave after a stay of seven times seventy days,
  • and dies at seven o'clock.
  • The novel itself, moreover, is divided into seven chapters.
Here is the scene with 28:

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Oliver Knill, Posted December 22, 2023,