German novelist  dramatist  and poet Thoma satirized Bavarian rural and small-town life His serious peasant novels Andreas Vöst (1905)  Der Wittiber (1911)  and Der Ruepp (1922)  as well as his humorous collections Assessor Karlchen (1900)  Lausbubengeschichten [rascal stories] (1904)  and Tante Frieda [Aunt Frieda] (1906)  are characterized by authenticity of regional language and life