This Halcyon Classics ebook contains the English and German versions of German Swiss author and poet Hermann Hesse's allegorical novel SIDDHARTHA. Set in Nepal, the story of SIDDHARTHA takes place around the time of Gautama Buddha. It starts as Siddhartha, the son of a Brahmin, leaves his home to join the ascetics with his companion Govinda. The two set out in the search of enlightenment. Siddhartha goes through a series of changes and realizations as he attempts to achieve this goal.
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This unexpurgated edition contains the complete text, with minor errors and omissions corrected.