title: Siddhartha: An Indian Tale (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
author:  Hermann Hesse 
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  Title: Siddhartha  
    
  Author: Herman Hesse  
    
  Translator: Gunther Olesch, Anke Dreher, Amy Coulter, Stefan Langer and Semyon
  Chaichenets  
    
  Release Date: April 6, 2008 [EBook #2500]  
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  # SIDDHARTHA
  
  
  ### An Indian Tale
  
  
    
  
  
  ## by Hermann Hesse
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
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  ## Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [FIRST
  PART](@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@2500@2500-h@2500-h-0.htm.html#id_2H_4_0001)
  
  
  [THE SON OF THE
  BRAHMAN