# Hans Castorp — The Magic Mountain character guide

> Hans Castorp in The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** young Hans Castorp, Hans Lorenz Castorp, little Hans Castorp, Engineer

**First appearance:** 0003-chapter-i

## Who they are

A young German engineer who visits his cousin at a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps and ends up staying for years.

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