'This is Davos-Dorf'

Finally began The Magic Mountain. I read Master and Margarita a couple of years ago, and Anna Karenina the year before that. EXCELLENT WELL, at this point I shall have read my way through the canon of classic literature by the time I'm one hundred and sixty.

Not going that well so far. Mann tells us up front it's going to be boring (Woods translation: 'Unafraid of the odium of appearing too meticulous, we are much more inclined to the view that only thoroughness can be truly entertaining') and I kind of want to drown Lucky Hans in a bucket. I know I'm mainly sulking because it's not Death in Venice, which I fell in love with. A bad sign.

8/12/2013 - 8/18/2013 pp 3-68 8/13/2013
8/19/2013 - 8/25/2013 pp 68-132 8/15/2013
8/ 26/2013 - 9/01/2013 pp 132-200 8/23/2013
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9/02/2013 - 9/08/2013 pp 201-263
9/09/2013 - 9/15/2013 pp 263-316
9/16/2013 - 9/22/2013 pp 316-380
9/23/2013 - 9/29/2013 pp 380-432
9/30/2013 - 10/06/2013 pp 380-460
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10/07/2013 - 10/13/2013 pp 460-546
10/14/2013 - 10/20/2013 pp 546-616
10/21/2013 - 10/27/2013 pp 616-644
10/28/2013 - 11/03/2013 pp 644-706