Quotes from Gerhart Hauptmann's books, and about them
Dubliners on Michael Kramer: “In the desk lay a manuscript translation of Hauptmann's Michael Kramer, the stage directions of which were written in purple ink, and a little sheaf of papers held together by a brass pin.”
The Quilt on Lonely Lives: “By some association he suddenly remembered Hauptmann's Lonely Lives. Before things came to this he had thought of making that play her daily lesson, wanting to teach her the heart and sorrow of Johannes Vockerat. [auto-translated]”