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"Demian" by Hermann Hesse is a bildungsroman first published in 1919. Young Emil Sinclair lives trapped between two worlds: a comfortable middle-class illusion and a darker spiritual reality. When he meets the enigmatic Demian, everything changes. Demian radically reinterprets biblical stories and challenges conventional morality, shaking Sinclair's worldview to its core. Through encounters with mentors and symbolic figures, Sinclair embarks on a profound journey of self-discovery, confronting duality, spirituality, and the ultimate question of how to forge his own path. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962 |
|---|---|
| Title | Demian |
| Original Publication | New York: Boni and Liveright, 1923. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demian |
| Credits | Steve Mattern and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Germany -- Social conditions -- 1918-1933 -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 74222 |
| Release Date | Aug 10, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 4624 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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