In his study, Marek Krisch deals with the life and work of the journalist, novelist, dramatist and physician Max Ring, who moved from Silesia to Berlin in 1850, where he stayed almost without interruption until his death in 1901 and where his literary career developed rapidly. He made a name for himself with his culture-historical, contemporary historical and historical novels and stories, later he also wrote non-fiction books about Berlin. In this study first his life is described, searching for Ring's habitus. This is followed by a description of Berlin in the second half of the 19th century. Of central importance is the analysis of the depiction of contemporary events, society and the most important places in selected works by Ring.