# Giuseppe Settembrini — The Magic Mountain character guide

> Giuseppe Settembrini in The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Grandfather Settembrini, Grandfather Giuseppe

**First appearance:** 0024-politically-suspect

## Who they are

Ludovico Settembrini's grandfather, an Italian patriot and journalist.

## In the story

### [Mounting Misgivings. Of the Two Grandfathers, and the Boat-Ride in the Twilight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/chapters/mounting-misgivings-of-the-two-grandfathers-and-the-boat-ride-in-the-twilight)

Described as a revolutionary who fought for a united republic, wearing black to mourn his nation's servitude, representing the opposing worldview to Grandfather Castorp.

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