The Beaver Coat (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Gerhart Hauptmann
- First Published: 1893
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: the outskirts of Berlin
- Genres: Naturalistic literature, Satire, Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Crime or criminals, Nature, Nineteenth century, Theft, Germany or German people, Bureaucracy or bureaucrats, Peasantry or peasants, Berlin
- Locales: Berlin, Germany
Characters Discussed
Frau Wolff, a washerwoman and the ringleader of a gang of dealers in stolen goods. Protected by her reputation as an honest woman, she sets about stealing from her daughter’s employer, Krüger, a load of wood and a beaver coat for delivery to the fence, Wulkow. By virtue of her own wit, the false testimony of other witnesses, and the incompetence of the justice of the peace, von Wehrhahn, the innocent in the affair are made to appear guilty, and Frau Wolff emerges as the soul of honor.
Julius Wolff, Frau Wolff’s husband, a shipwright and ferry...
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