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Siddhartha

Siddhartha

by Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962

BookID: 2500

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 75.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Gautama Buddha -- FictionIndia -- Social life and customs -- FictionSpiritual life -- FictionSelf-realization -- Fiction

Description

"Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse is a novel published in 1922 that follows a young Brahmin's spiritual quest for enlightenment in ancient India during the time of the Buddha. Rejecting both ascetic extremes and worldly pleasures, Siddhartha embarks on his own path of self-discovery, encountering love, wealth, suffering, and loss. Through these experiences and the wisdom of a humble ferryman beside a mystical river, he seeks to transcend time and understand the complete unity of all existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures

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