In the novel “Poverty,” the authors trace the history of the life and misadventures of the Brodar family, talk about the terrible atrocities of churchmen in a girls’ shelter, and about the criminal intrigues of the secret organization of Jesuits. And despite the abundance of horrors and nightmares in the novel that seem implausible, their narrative is based on true facts. Two women, two participants in the Paris Commune wrote this novel: Madame Tiner, who published under the pseudonym Jean Getret, and the famous Louise Michel - the legendary “Red Virgin” ".