Nikolai Meshchersky fell in love with the beautiful widow Lizaveta Sergeevna Lvova at first sight and for the rest of his life. And even though his beloved is known as a model of virtue, even if she resists with all her might the frantic onslaught of Nicholas, the young aristocrat is sure that sooner or later he will be able to ignite in Lizaveta a fire of reciprocal passion - scorching, all-consuming, imperious...