Sudermann

[ zoo-duhr-mahn ]

noun

1. Her·mann [her, -mahn], 1857–1928, German dramatist and novelist.

Example Sentences

I wonder if the horrible moment when Newland Archer, looking at his incomparably lovely and devoted young wife, suddenly has the diabolical wish that she were dead, is a reminiscence of Mrs. Wharton’s early studies of Sudermann.

From New York Times

In her long career Mrs. Wharton has published half a hundred short stories, translated Sudermann, written books on Italian gardens and art, a work on Morocco, a trio on France including one of the best on its war, a volume of verse, and more than a dozen novels.

From The New Yorker

“It’s always been this way, with every improved brain unit that’s come along. I remember the howls of pain when the Sudermann people showed their old T-14 back in ’18.

From Literature

In her long career Mrs. Wharton has published half a hundred short stories, translated Sudermann, written books on Italian gardens and art, a work on Morocco, a trio on France including one of the best on its war, a volume of verse, and more than a dozen novels.

From The New Yorker

Walrath in 1899, by Judge Bartlett in the N. Y. Supreme Court, when an injunction was refused against the performance of Sudermann's "Die Ehre," translated as "Honor," because the author had printed the play in Germany despite a contract with the American assignee to refrain from publication.

From Project Gutenberg