Beneath the Wheel
| Author | Hermann Hesse |
|---|---|
| Original title | Unterm Rad |
| Language | German |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | S. Fisherman |
Publication date | 1906 |
| Publication place | Germany |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 192 pp |
| OCLC | 9488637 |
Beneath the Wheel (Unterm Rad) is a 1906 novel written by Hermann Hesse. The novel is a severe criticism of academic education that ignores students' personal development; in that respect, it is typical of Hesse's work. A Peter Owen Publishers translation was published in 1957 as The Prodigy. Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 1968 published as Beneath the Wheel an English translation by Michael Roloff.
There are autobiographical elements in the story (Hesse attended and was expelled from the seminary described in the novel).