About This Book
In the shade of a banyan tree, a grizzled ferryman sits listening to the river. Some say he's a sage. He was once a wandering shramana and, briefly, like thousands of others, he followed Gotama the Buddha, enraptured by his sermons. But this man, Siddhartha, was not a follower of any but his own sou...
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2h 11m
slow reader
180 WPM
1h 35m
average reader
250 WPM
1h 8m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 23,650 words📅 4 days at 30 min/day
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1 h 35 min
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1 h 45 min
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2 h 38 min
Audio 2x
1 h 19 min
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