by Theodor Fontane · DTV Deutscher Taschenbuch · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783423142410
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«Frau Jenny Treibel: oder „Wo sich Herz zum Herzen find't“» is the novel by Theodor Fontane, published by DTV in paperback (268 pages, in German).
The novel portrays with irony the Berlin bourgeoisie of the late 19th century. Jenny Treibel, born in a humble environment, tries to consolidate her social position through money while presenting herself as a sensitive and poetic soul; the contrast between her declared feelings and her material interests sustains a critique of class ambitions and family relations.
The work, written between 1888 and 1891, was first published in 1892 in the magazine Deutsche Rundschau. The present edition is from 2013.
For readers of German literature and realist fiction; also used as school reading.
Theodor Fontane was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he is best known today, only at age 58 after a career as a journalist. Many of his novels delve into topics that were more or less taboo for discussion in the polite society of Fontane's day, including marital infidelity, class differences, urban vs. rural differences, abandonment of children, and suicide. His novels sold well during his lifetime and several have been adapted for film or audio works.
