Berlin, the end of the 19th century: The commercial councilor Jenny Treibel, daughter of a colonial goods merchant, has made it. As the wife of her husband, she is a respected member of high society. Now, it is time to marry off her younger son Leopold. The beautiful and charmingly intelligent Corinna has captured the heart of the somewhat dull but kind-hearted Leopold, but for Jenny, the penniless daughter of a high school professor is completely out of the question as a candidate. The good-natured yet biting social satire 'Frau Jenny Treibel' is undoubtedly Fontane's 'most Berlin-like' novel and also his funniest.