Clavdia Chauchat Character Analysis in The Magic Mountain

Clavdia Chauchat is a resident of the Berghof. She is of Russian descent but married to a French man, hence her French name. Clavdia’s husband never appears in the novel, however, and she hardly speaks of him. Though sensuous and beautiful, she is also ill-mannered, lazy, and irrational, and she represents (in the book’s oversimplified portrayal) the corrupting force of Eastern sensibilities. She becomes Hans’s romantic interest, and it’s ultimately (if indirectly) because of her that Hans ends up staying at the Berghof as long as he does. Clavdia abruptly departs following her and Hans’s evening of flirtation during the Berghof’s Walpurgis Night festivities, though she coyly suggests that she may return at a later, unspecified time. In consequence, Hans remains at the Berghof for years awaiting her return. When she finally does return, she is not alone, having brought a new lover, Mynheer Peeperkorn, with her. Clavdia confesses to Hans that she is takes pleasure in submitting to Peeperkorn, a trait that contributes to the novel’s negative (and oversimplified) portrayal of Eastern sensibilities.

Clavdia Chauchat Quotes in The Magic Mountain

The The Magic Mountain quotes below are all either spoken by Clavdia Chauchat or refer to Clavdia Chauchat. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

For a person to be disposed to more significant deeds that go beyond what is simply required of him—even when his own times may provide no satisfactory answer to the question of why—he needs either a rare, heroic personality that exists in a kind of moral isolation and immediacy, or one characterized by exceptionally robust vitality. Neither the former nor the latter was the case with Hans Castorp, and so he probably was mediocre after all, though in a very honorable sense of that word.

Related Characters: Clavdia Chauchat, Leo Naphta, Hans Castorp, Consul Tienappel

Page Number and Citation: 31

Explanation and Analysis:

Part 2 of The Magic Mountain travels backward in time, beginning with Hans’s childhood and ending with his journey to the Berghof in the novel’s present. The purpose of this interlude is to give readers insight into the experiences and ideas that have shaped Hans into the young man he is at the beginning of his stay at the Berghof. The Magic Mountain is a Bildungsroman (a coming-of-age story), and so it is critical for readers to understand where Hans is at developmentally so they can better track his educational journey toward maturation and self-realization. Though orphaned at a young Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipisci voluptate et. Voluptas suscipit alias. In et eveniet. Eaque et repellendus. Dolores aut voluptatibus. Voluptatem qui voluptatum. Voluptatibus sed pl

One could no longer say that it thudded on its own accord, for no reason, and without any connection to his soul. There was a connection now, or at least it would not have been difficult to establish one—a justifiable emotion could easily be assigned to his body’s overwrought activity. Hans Castorp needed only to think of Frau Chauchat—and he did think of her—and his heart had a suitable emotion to make it pound.

Related Characters: Hans Castorp, Clavdia Chauchat, Dr. Krokowski

Page Number and Citation: 138

Explanation and Analysis:

Hans’s feelings for Clavdia Chauchat continue to grow, though he has yet to interact with her directly at this point. Here, Hans reflects that he finally has an explanation for his heart’s heavy pounding, which has been an ongoing problem for him since he first arrived at the Berghof. “There [i]s a connection now,” Hans muses, noting that “a justifiable emotion could easily be assigned to his body’s overwrought activity.” That emotion—which Hans notably leaves unspoken—is his budding love for Clavdia Chauchat. Hans doesn’t say so explicitly, but it’s clear that the logic he employs here comes from Krokowski’s recent Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta it

“Oh, love is nothing if not foolish, something mad and forbidden, an adventure in evil. Otherwise it is merely a pleasant banality, good for singing calm little songs down on the plains. […]”

Related Characters: Hans Castorp (speaker), Clavdia Chauchat

Page Number and Citation: 336

Explanation and Analysis:

This quotation is an excerpt from Hans and Clavdia’s flirtatious interaction, which takes place during the Walpurgis Night celebration. It is significant in that it is the first time they have truly interacted—up to this point, they have only exchanged knowing glances from across the dining hall or as they passed each other in the hall. Now, Hans effusively and foolishly declares his love for Clavdia, explicitly remaking on the “foolish” nature not only of his romance but of love in general. He also mentions the “mad and forbidden” nature of love, describing it as “an adventure in evil.” In Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labo

“Well, my good engineer, how did you like the pomegranate?”

Related Characters: Lodovico Settembrini (speaker), Hans Castorp, Clavdia Chauchat

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Page Number and Citation: 394

Explanation and Analysis:

Part 6 picks up after the Berghof’s Walpurgis Night celebration, during which Hans spent a flirtatious and subliminally sensual hour with Clavdia Chauchat. Settembrini has ignored Hans ever since he observed Hans and Clavdia together, having repeatedly warned Hans not to associate with Clavdia, whom he considers a corrupting influence on young, impressionable Hans. This remark, made as he and Hans pass each other in the hallway, is Settembrini’s first effort to reestablish communication with Hans. The remark is simultaneously affectionate, mocking, and accusatory. On the one hand, addressing Hans as “my good engineer” (Settembrini’s quasi term of affection for Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate la

“Oh, you and your learning! You’re always learning up here—about biology and botany and slippery turning points. And you started in on ‘time’ your first day here. When what we’re here to do is to get healthier, not more clever—healthier, until we’re truly healthy, so they can finally let us go free and send us back to the flatlands cured.”

Related Characters: Joachim Ziemssen (speaker), Hans Castorp, Leo Naphta, Lodovico Settembrini, Clavdia Chauchat, Dr. Behrens

Page Number and Citation: 379

Explanation and Analysis:

Hans and Joachim are walking back from a visit with Naphta and Settembrini, during which Naphta and Settembrini debated their respective ideals. Hans recognizes that much of what Naphta said was irrational but finds himself intrigued by the man nonetheless, and he’s annoyed at Joachim for his disinterest in their new acquaintance. Hans’s insistence annoys Joachim in return, and he lashes out at Hans, expressing his growing impatience with Hans for “always learning up here[.]” Since Clavdia left the Berghof, Hans has begun his self-education in earnest, throwing himself into textbooks on philosophy and various fields of science. Joachim sees Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi qu

Clavdia Chauchat Character Timeline in The Magic Mountain

The timeline below shows where the character Clavdia Chauchat appears in The Magic Mountain. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...Englehart sees who Hans is looking at and explains that the young woman’s name is Madame Chauchat —a “charming lady,” she says, sarcastically. She might have a husband, but he’s never been... (full context)

...rooms” to hang out before bed. In one room, Hans spots a group gathered around Madame Chauchat . Seeing the rude woman fills Hans with disgust. Settembrini approaches Hans and asks how... (full context)

Then the dream moves on, and Hans is in a schoolyard. He’s about to ask Madame Chauchat to borrow a pencil when he realizes who she reminds him of. He wakes up,... (full context)

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...more. He has one dream twice. In it, he’s sitting in the dining hall when Madame Chauchat arrives, wearing a white sweater, one hand in her pocket and the other behind her... (full context)

...especially elaborate breakfast that day and setting the tables with flowers. Residents dress up, too. Frau Chauchat wears a lace peignoir. The band concert happens right after breakfast. Most people sit on... (full context)

...rides. It’s mostly the Russian women who participate in this activity. Hans watches Marusya and Madame Chauchat get into a carriage, laughing and chatting with each other. Each time he sees Madame... (full context)

...even still be in his desk at Uncle Tienappel’s. It’s Hippe, Hans now realizes, whom Frau Chauchat reminds him of. They look oddly similar. (full context)

...time. Hardly anybody notices him, which is good—he’s pale, bloody, and looks generally awful. However, Madame Chauchat is in front of him—and she turns around to face him when he walks in.... (full context)

Hans watches Frau Chauchat fix her hair and becomes distracted by her stubby, unrefined hands. He thinks about Krokowski’s... (full context)

...at the sanatorium and has no use or interest in Krokowski’s analysis. Hans wonders if Frau Chauchat lets Krokowski dissect her mind, too. (full context)

...that this symptom is both the result of his new environment and “an inner excitement.” Madame Chauchat is always late to meals, and she always slams the door. Hans knows that each... (full context)

...Hans’s tablemate, realizes that the slamming of doors is creating a bond between Hans and Frau Chauchat —and that Hans’s feigned indifference only strengthens that bond. In response, Fräulein Engelhart starts to... (full context)

Hans asks Fräulein Engelhart for more information about Frau Chauchat —is she really married? He’s noticed that she doesn’t wear a ring. Fräulein Engelhart assures... (full context)

Hans suggests that Fräulein Engelhart is being too generous toward Frau Chauchat —surely she’s not so pure. But though this is what he says aloud, inside he... (full context)

Eventually, Hans learns from Fräulein Engelhart that Frau Chauchat’s first name is Clavdia. Unlike before, Hans doesn’t try to hide is delight at learning more about Frau Chauchat.... (full context)

...that his stay at the Berghof seems to be flying by as his infatuation with Madame Chauchat grows. He stares at her in the dining hall but pretends not to, a bad... (full context)

Hans longs to be in Madame Chauchat ’s company, even though he also admits that she is beneath him, with her poor... (full context)

Nevertheless, Hans does make some effort to meet Madame Chauchat properly. Knowing that she arrives late to meals, he starts arriving late, too, and discreetly... (full context)

The second time this happens, Madame Chauchat stares directly at Hans, causing his blood to run cold. He stares at her face,... (full context)

...to grant his troubled conscience permission to gravitate toward the opposite: toward “listless, worm-eaten, Kirghiz-eyed” Clavdia Chauchat. (full context)

...talk about Marusya, and so Hans doesn’t say anything to him about his infatuation with Clavdia Chauchat, limiting his conversations about her to his teasing interactions with Fräulein Engelhart. (full context)

One day, Fräulein Engelhart gives Hans some unsettling news: Clavdia has been posing for Behrens in his private residence to have her portrait painted. Upon... (full context)

...is cloaked in “a kind of artificial twilight,” just like Dr. Krokowski’s office is. Suddenly, Clavdia appears in the waiting area and takes a seat beside the entrance to the laboratory.... (full context)

...female—join him there. Hans, inwardly, wonders if Settembrini knows what’s going on between him and Clavdia, and he gets upset at the older man for being so nosy. (full context)

...can’t imagine what it’d feel like to be “sober” again. He loves to look at Clavdia, not because she is particularly beautiful, but because she increases this fogginess in him. (full context)

As Hans looks at Clavdia, he considers her poor manners and slovenly appearance, and he thinks about what Settembrini said... (full context)

Yet Hans has started to feel less offended by Clavdia’s brand of bad manners—now, it’s Settembrini who most irritates him. Yes, the people at the... (full context)

Hans feels a great thrill whenever Clavdia merely says “merci” when he lets her walk through a doorway before him. Another time,... (full context)

One day, while Hans is sitting outside with Joachim, he sees Clavdia sitting across the way, smoking a cigarette. Wanting to make her jealous, he begins chatting... (full context)

Hans is obvious about his crush on Clavdia, and soon everyone around the Berghof knows about it. There’s not much to do at... (full context)

...of his late wife. Finally, Hans finds what he’s been looking for: Behrens’s portrait of Clavdia. Hans casually mentions that he recognizes the portrait’s subject. He and Joachim study the painting.... (full context)

...it. He praises portraiture as a superior art form and suggests that the portrait of Clavdia might look better hung above Behrens’s sofa. He's not at all self-conscious about his unprompted,... (full context)

...glass ornaments. People dress up for dinner that night, too, and even the perpetually casual Clavdia arrives dressed in a Russian-style gown. Settembrini dresses as he normally does. (full context)

...local professional singer comes to the sanatorium and gives a performance followed by singing lessons. Clavdia sits in the front row but leaves during intermission and doesn’t return afterward. Hans struggles... (full context)

Hans spots Clavdia from across the hall. She’s wearing a sleeveless, silken black dress. Seeing Clavdia’s fragile, pale... (full context)

Clavdia Chauchat appears behind Hans and tells him, in broken German, that he is “very ambitious... (full context)

Clavdia notes that Joachim has since disappeared, and Hans remarks that Joachim is almost certainly in... (full context)

Clavdia and Hans try to dance, but there’s not quite enough room, so Hans suggests they... (full context)

Hans suggests using informal pronouns with Clavdia—but just then Clavdia drops some big news—she’s leaving. Hans is shocked and taken aback. Clavdia... (full context)

...“moist spot” in his lungs and had a fever of over 100 degrees this morning. Clavdia says her illness “is a little more complicated.” She then tells Hans that Joachim is... (full context)

Then Hans changes the subject to morality and what Clavdia thinks about it. Clavdia replies that one learns nothing about morality from being virtuous or... (full context)

...their rooms for the night. Hans reasserts his earlier pledge to use informal pronouns with Clavdia—to be formal is bourgeois, he insists. Then he tells Clavdia that nothing she’s said about... (full context)

Hans thinks Clavdia is oversimplifying things. If that’s all there is to him, he asks, then where did... (full context)

Clavdia reaches out to touch the back of Hans’s head, and he replies with a long... (full context)

...way or another, even if it kills him. Joachim’s obstinance makes Hans think about what Clavdia said about Joachim being sicker than he realizes, but he keeps these thoughts to himself.... (full context)

Now, it’s been six weeks since Mardi Gras. Hans long ago returned Clavdia’s pencil to her, though he asked for a personal effect in return. She gave him... (full context)

As Clavdia sarcastically predicated, Hans’s fever did indeed rise after their interaction. As a result, Behrens starts... (full context)

Alone, Hans thinks more about Clavdia’s not wanting to write to him. He decides it probably shouldn’t be that much of... (full context)

Hans pulls out the X-ray image Clavdia gave him before she left the sanatorium—he carries it with him in his wallet—and holds... (full context)

...he’ll go on living here without Joachim—he has to, he realizes, because he’s waiting for Clavdia’s return, though he doesn’t know when or even if that’ll happen. (full context)

...from St. Petersburg) and Ferdinand Wehsal, a merchant from Mannheim who would constantly stare at Clavdia. (full context)

...blue light is shining out of the hole. The light reminds him of Hippe’s or Clavdia’s eyes—eyes Settembrini offensively labeled “Tartar slits.” (full context)

...is Frau Chauchat. Hans manages to conceal his emotions, feigning nonchalance. Frau Ziemssen explains that Clavdia plans to go to a sanatorium in Spain but wants to return to the Berghof... (full context)

...from Java and recently retired from the coffee trade, arrives at the Berghof with Madame Clavdia Chauchat the night she returns, and they dine at the sanatorium’s restaurant that evening. He... (full context)

...other work to bring Peeperkorn his drink. Once she returns with his drink, he takes Clavdia’s hand in his own and looks on at his fellow tablemates “with refreshed eyes.” (full context)

...the Berghof is quite taken with Peeperkorn, and they all notice the expensive necklace around Clavdia’s neck and look at Hans with pitying glances. And indeed, the unexpected circumstances surrounding Clavdia’s... (full context)

...a newspaper. Suddenly, a voice behind him inquires about his cousin. Hans turns and sees Clavdia Chauchat. Hans slowly puts down his newspaper and assess Clavdia coldly before telling her that... (full context)

Gradually the conversation resumes, and Clavdia is shocked to discover that Hans has been here at the Berghof the entire time... (full context)

Just then, Peeperkorn arrives, interrupting Hans and Clavdia’s stilted conversation. Clavdia introduces the men to each other. It’s clear to Hans that Peeperkorn... (full context)

...angrily deems it inedible, a move that’s out of character for the normally jovial personality. Clavdia calms him, reassuring him that he can just order something else. Peeperkorn relents and kisses... (full context)

Hans smokes, and Clavdia joins him. Peeperkorn disapproves of smoking, deeming it an “over-refined pleasure[]” that detracts from “the... (full context)

Clavdia interrupts to tell Peeperkorn that he isn’t paying enough attention to his guests, who are... (full context)

...and people begin to panic. Peeperkorn calls everyone “spineless slaves,” but he settles down after Clavdia and Hans remind him that his party has lasted six hours already and has to... (full context)

...calls them. Hans makes it a point not to judge Peeperkorn unfairly simply because he’s Clavdia’s “traveling companion.” After all, Hans only borrowed a pencil from Clavdia at a holiday party—that’s... (full context)

...ill, Peeperkorn included. Hans goes to visit Peeperkorn in his room, which is separated from Clavdia’s by a parlor, and he notices that Peeperkorn’s room is much more elaborately decorated than... (full context)

...sparkling wine—it’s the best thing for a swift recovery. Hans accepts, and they clink glasses. Clavdia appears and urges Peeperkorn to take some brown, syrupy medicine on his counter. Peeperkorn offers... (full context)

...as do Settembrini and Naphta. Hans is glad to introduce everyone to Peeperkorn, and to Clavdia, as well. As Hans expected, his friends all get used to each other, though there’s... (full context)

...old man.” Settembrini could understand if Hans were just using Peeperkorn to get close to Clavdia, but it’s clear that Hans is far more interested in Peeperkorn. Settembrini mockingly mimics Peeperkorn’s... (full context)

...with most residents having retired to their rooms to take their final rest cure. But Clavdia has lingered behind in the reading room, and so Hans lingers in the lobby. She... (full context)

Clavdia’s observation upsets Hans, who gets up to leave. She begs him to stay, mockingly lamenting... (full context)

Hans talks about how difficult it has been to see Clavdia in the company of Peeperkorn. He tells Clavdia he can understand why she loves a... (full context)

Clavdia admits that she finds Hans’s “detachment” frustrating, and thus in contrast to Peeperkorn’s effusive passion.... (full context)

...about the lavish food they ate. Settembrini was there too, and Peeperkorn notes Settembrini and Clavdia’s mutual disdain for each other. Hans changes the subject to talk about love, musing about... (full context)

Suddenly, Peeperkorn turns to Hans and asks if Hans loves Clavdia. The question flusters Hans, but Peeperkorn remains calm. He acknowledges that Hans has a history... (full context)

...at the Berghof for years now. He describes the onset of his gradual fixation with Clavdia, and of his eternal refusal to address her with formal pronouns. He also explains how,... (full context)

...speech. Peeperkorn looks at Hans meaningfully and expresses regret for the pain that his and Clavdia’s arrival has caused Hans. Then he asks Hans to recall the moment, early in their... (full context)

...Flüela Valley, located about an hour’s drive away. Wehsal and Ferge join Hans, Peeperkorn, and Clavdia, and the group takes two carriages. Clavdia, Ferge, and Peeperkorn climb into one carriage, and... (full context)

Clavdia, as she climbs into the first carriage, flashes a pitying smile at Hans, which Wehsal... (full context)

...arrive in town to pick up Settembrini and Naphta at their lodging house. Naphta joins Clavdia, Ferge, and Peeperkorn’s carriage while Settembrini joins Hans and Wehsal’s, and then the party continues... (full context)

...the night. He opens the door and greets one of the nurses, who tells him Clavdia has asked that he come at once. Hans hurries to Clavdia and Peeperkorn’s living quarters... (full context)

Behrens and others exit, and finally only Hans, Clavdia, and a Malayan guard remain. Clavdia tells Hans that he had a right to be... (full context)

...Hans’s apparent boredom. Indeed, Hans has been out of sorts ever since Peeperkorn’s death and Clavdia’s subsequent departure. In her place, Hans has been gripped by a demonic force—and its “name... (full context)

...down. When the lights go on, though, Hans looks down at his knees and finds Clavdia’s interior portrait (her X-ray) resting there. Hans knows he didn’t bring it into the room... (full context)

Clavdia Chauchat Character Analysis

Clavdia Chauchat Quotes in The Magic Mountain

Part 2, Chapter 2: At the Tienappels’/Hans Castorp’s Moral State Quotes

Part 4, Chapter 8: Table Talk Quotes

Part 5, Chapter 9: Walpurgis Night Quotes

Part 6, Chapter 1: Changes Quotes

Part 6, Chapter 2: Someone Else Quotes

Clavdia Chauchat Character Timeline in The Magic Mountain