Aldington’s novel “The Colonel’s Daughter” was once considered one of the examples of scandalousness, but now, when the theme of female sensuality has long ago lost its forbidden flair, readers and critics admire not the “sensationalism” of this work, but its sincerity, realism and depth psychological authenticity. Men died in the war, so what should young women do now? They don't want to be alone. They want the most ordinary things - children, family, the joys of marriage. But... society, which still lives according to Victorian laws, considers them rebels and almost libertines, brands them and curses them...