"Dead Estate" is a book that tells about life in the aristocratic society of past centuries. The author projects the reader into an era where honor, status, and social position were defining categories. The main character, a noble nobleman, finds himself in an educational atmosphere full of traditions and hidden threats. Due to the internal conflicts arising in his soul, the reader feels the tension and drama of that time. "The dead class" is not only a book about the past, but also an opportunity to ask questions about the value of the principles by which our ancestors lived in the modern world.