Unterm Rad by Hermann Hesse
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"Unterm Rad" by Hermann Hesse is a narrative published in 1905. It follows Hans Giebenrath, a gifted young student pushed relentlessly by teachers and his father to excel academically. Isolated from peers and deprived of childhood pleasures, Hans enters an elite seminary where he befriends the rebellious artist Hermann Heilner. This friendship challenges Hans's carefully constructed world, leading to declining performance and psychological strain. The story explores how excessive educational pressure and
rigid expectations can crush a sensitive young soul. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962 |
|---|---|
| Title | Unterm Rad |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unterm_Rad |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beneath_the_Wheel |
| Credits |
Produced by Norbert H. Langkau, Jens Sadowski, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 77.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Germany -- Fiction |
| Subject | Education -- Germany -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 49908 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-49908-6 |
| Release Date | Sep 8, 2015 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2010 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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