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Fifteen years before the opening of the play, the Countess Beata and Baron Richard were lovers. Richard becomes her husband's intimate friend, and though their love does not cease the liaison is broken off. Beata's influence inspires Richard's ambition, and as the play opens she has induced her husband, a man of mediocre intelligence, to resign his seat in the Reichstag in favor of the brilliant Count Richard. During the political campaign, Richard's opponent, a former secretary, brings to light the secret of their past. Duty to their party forbids the public scandal of the divorce court or the duel for the outraged husband; the men ask Richard's young son what should be done in such a case, and he, not knowing he is judging his father, replies that "a man of honor would be more eager to give his life than the husband could possibly be to take it." It is understood by the two men, and guessed by Beata, that Richard will commit suicide. The party leaders call on Richard to make a speech against divorce upon the sanctity of the marriage bond. Beata makes him promise to attend a political luncheon she and her husband give the day following the speech for the sake of appearances. At th

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Author

Sudermann, Hermann, 1857-1928.

Publisher

C. Scribner's Sons, 1902.

Published

1902

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction