Lonely Lives: A Drama is a play written by German author Gerhart Hauptmann and first published in 1898. The story revolves around the lives of three individuals who are all struggling with loneliness and isolation in their own ways. The main character, Andreas, is a young man who has been abandoned by his mother and left to live with his alcoholic father. He dreams of escaping his miserable life and finding love and companionship, but his hopes are...