# Herr Magnus — The Magic Mountain character guide

> Herr Magnus in The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0012-breakfast

## Who they are

The husband of Frau Magnus, a fellow patient at the sanatorium.

## In the story

### [Necessary Purchases](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/chapters/necessary-purchases)

Mentioned by Settembrini as a despised table companion, a practical brewer from Halle who dismisses literature as being about 'beautiful characters.'

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