Dick Shelton lives like everyone else. He thinks like the majority of representatives of English secular society, makes “correct” acquaintances, reads “correct” newspapers, is going to marry the “correct” young lady without love, although deep down he understands that his marriage will not be happy. However, a chance meeting on a train with bohemian Frenchman Louis Ferrand changes everything. For the first time, Shelton begins to observe, think and analyze on his own. And every day he likes what he sees around him less and less... This collection also includes the novel “Freelands”, which tells about great love and a terrible scandal that shook the whole of Victorian England.