Professor Unrat, oder, Das Ende eines Tyrannen
By Heinrich Mann
Raat, a tyrannical schoolmaster in a north German town whom his pupils call Unrat, tries to catch his students at a disreputable harbour cabaret. Instead he falls for the singer Rosa Fröhlich, and his fall turns into a strange revenge on the town that mocked him. The novel behind the film The Blue Angel.
Summary written with Claude Opus 5.5.