Popular novel in an English translation that was first published I 1910. According to Wikipedia: "Hermann Sudermann (September 30, 1857 – November 21, 1928) was a German dramatist and novelist.
Jeremias Gotthelf, Karl Immermann, Renate Franken, Ernst Wichert, Joseph von Lauff, Hermann Sudermann, Ludwig Thoma, Heinrich Hansjakob, Ludwig Ganghofer & Fritz Skowronnek
Ludwig Thoma, Ludwig Ganghofer, Hermann Sudermann, Jeremias Gotthelf, Ernst Wichert, Fritz Skowronnek, Karl Immermann, Heinrich Hansjakob, Renate Franken & Joseph von Lauff