# Siddhartha

By Hermann Hesse.

"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. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Gautama Buddha -- Fiction; India -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Spiritual life -- Fiction; Self-realization -- Fiction; Buddhism -- Fiction; Buddhist philosophy -- Fiction; Brahmans -- Fiction; India -- Religion -- Fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Siddhartha](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/2027) by Hermann Hesse (5 h 6 min, English)
- [Siddhartha (Version 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/14581) by Hermann Hesse (4 h 32 min, English)

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