When someone goes on a journey, they have stories to tell - and can experience something extraordinary. This is also the case for Baron Otto von Ottringel as he celebrates his upcoming silver wedding anniversary with a trip abroad. The fact that he hasn't spent the twenty-five years of marriage with his current wife is as irrelevant to him as the tight budget for the trip - after all, the Baron’s household is characterized by strict frugality. So, when the invitation arrives to explore the English Sussex affordably with horse and caravan, it seems perfectly timed. However, what Ottringel experiences there is outrageous to him! Snobbish, narrow-minded, and hostile to democracy and women, he scoffs at nearly everything that comes his way. And he clumsily stumbles into every little social faux pas. With Otto von Ottringel, Elizabeth von Arnim created a prime example of male chauvinism.