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hermann hesse's siddhartha
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Full Title Siddhartha Author Hermann Hesse Type of Work Novel Genre Spiritual and Religious Novel Language German
Time and Place Written 1919–1921, Switzerland Date of First Publication 1922
Narrator An unnamed narrator tracks Siddhartha’s spiritual progress.
Point of View Third-person omniscient. The point of view follows Siddhartha most closely.
Tone Measured without being detached; formal
Tense Past
Setting (Time) Concurrent with the life of Buddha, estimated at around 625 b.c.
Setting (Place) India
Protagonist Siddhartha
Major Conflict Siddhartha searches for total spiritual enlightenment. |