# Anton Karlowitsch Ferge — The Magic Mountain character guide

> Anton Karlowitsch Ferge in The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ferge, Herr Ferge, A. K. Ferge

**First appearance:** 0028-table-talk

## Who they are

A good-natured, simple Russian patient who suffered a traumatic pneumothorax operation.

## In the story

### [An Attack, and a Repulse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/chapters/an-attack-and-a-repulse)

Mentioned by Hans as a case study to explain the horrors of pleura-shock to his uncle during their meal.

### [Operationes Spirituales](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/chapters/operationes-spirituales)

A listener on the walk who finds the abstract philosophical debate 'all too much for him,' indicating his practical, non-intellectual orientation.

### [Mynheer Peeperkorn (Conclusion)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/chapters/mynheer-peeperkorn-conclusion)

Another member of the excursion party, shares the return carriage with Hans Castorp, Peeperkorn, and Chauchat.

### [Hysterica Passio](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/chapters/hysterica-passio)

Carries the case of pistols to the dueling ground, accompanying Settembrini and Hans Castorp.

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