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100	1		_aHesse, Hermann, _d1877-1962
245	1	0	_aSteppenwolf
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppenwolf_(novel)
500			_aRelease date is 2025-03-30
508			_aSteve Mattern and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520			_a"Steppenwolf" by Hermann Hesse is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story delves into the existential struggles of its main character, Harry Haller, nicknamed the "Steppenwolf," a solitary and intellectually gifted man wrestling with feelings of alienation, despair, and a divided self. The book explores his complex psyche, isolation from society, and search for meaning in a rapidly changing world. Readers interested in deep psychological introspection, inner conflicts, and explorations of spirituality and modern life may find this work compelling. The opening of "Steppenwolf" presents a preface from an unnamed narrator who was once Harry Haller's lodging neighbor. Through his recollections, we learn about Haller's introverted, highly intellectual, but socially withdrawn nature, as well as the deep loneliness and inner turmoil that define his existence. The main narrative then moves to Haller's own voice, chronicling a day in his life filled with mundane routine, discontent, and the sense of being out of place among ordinary, "bourgeois" society. This sense of alienation culminates in a mysterious encounter with a sign for a "Magic Theatre," promising experiences "not for everybody" and "for madmen only," which sparks a new sense of possibility. The opening concludes with a treatise that philosophically describes Haller's dual nature (half-man, half-wolf), his struggle between intellectual desires and primal instincts, and his broader alienation from the norms of bourgeois society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cNew York: Henry Holt and Company, 1929
653			_aPsychological fiction
653			_aGermany -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
653			_aLife -- Fiction
653			_aCivilization, Western -- Fiction
653			_aMen -- Germany -- Psychology -- Fiction
653			_aIntellectuals -- Germany -- Fiction
700	1		_aCreighton, Basil, _d1885-1989
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75756
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