Steppenwolf and Siddhartha Notes : Including Life and Background, Introductions to Steppenwolf and Siddhartha, Lists of Characters, Critical commentary

These two stories are among the most popular and influential of the German Romantic period. By pitting the mediocre against the artist and the self against the mob, while blending aspects of the artist's journey and a healthy dose of Eastern philosophies, Hesse has remained a hero to the young at heart.