Project Gutenberg 2016-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 279 Hauptmann, Gerhart 1862 1946 Hauptmann, Gerhart Johann Robert Die Ratten: Berliner Tragikomödie Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rats_(play) Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Ratten Produced by Peter Becker, Jens Sadowski, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive. "Die Ratten: Berliner Tragikomödie" by Gerhart Hauptmann is a play written in the early 20th century. The drama revolves around a variety of characters intertwined with themes of struggle, ambition, and societal issues in a Berlin setting. The main character is Harro Hassenreuter, a former theater director, whose life is filled with the remnants of past glory and the interactions with those around him. The opening of the play introduces the setting—a dimly lit attic filled with theatrical props belonging to Harro Hassenreuter. As the scene unfolds, we meet various characters, including Frau John and her young maid, Pauline, who are engaged in a tense conversation about the complexities of relationships and societal expectations. Their dialogue reveals layers of desperation as they discuss personal troubles, with hints of dramatic backstories and revealing interactions with other characters such as the newly introduced Erich Spitta, a theology candidate with aspirations to become an actor. The exchanges are peppered with local dialect, enhancing the authenticity of the characters and their struggles, setting the stage for deeper themes of love, betrayal, and the pursuit of dreams amidst societal challenges. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. de German drama PT Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: German Literature 333178 2025-06-21T07:49:23.007860 text/html 317265 2024-10-23T01:04:05 text/html 213588 2025-06-21T07:49:30.850717 application/epub+zip 215529 2025-06-21T07:49:24.585721 application/epub+zip 172808 2025-06-21T07:49:23.779738 application/epub+zip 328123 2025-06-21T07:49:34.869700 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 297900 2025-06-21T07:49:29.758703 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 255639 2022-09-24T04:03:03.939453 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 273263 2023-09-23T04:18:42.745542 text/plain 253390 2024-10-23T01:04:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15890 2025-06-21T07:49:35.021688 application/rdf+xml 21947 2025-06-21T07:49:23.902754 image/jpeg 3164 2025-06-21T07:49:23.836758 image/jpeg 200068 2025-06-21T07:49:23.041793 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia de.wikipedia