''The Song of Songs'' () is a 1908 novel by the German writer

Hermann Sudermann Hermann Sudermann (30 September 1857 – 21 November 1928) was a German dramatist and novelist. Life Early career Sudermann was born at Matzicken, a village to the east of Heydekrug in the Province of Prussia (now Macikai and Šilutė, i ...

. It was published in English in 1909, translated by Thomas Seltzer. A new translation by Beatrice Marshall was published in 1913.

Adaptations

* 1914: '' The Song of Songs'', play by

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* 1918: '' The Song of Songs'', film directed by Joseph Kaufman * 1924: ''

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'', film directed by

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* 1933: '' The Song of Songs'', film directed by

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* 1973: ''The Song of Songs'', BBC Television mini-series (with Penelope Wilton as Lily)

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