The novel is a unique, newly told eternal story of Cinderella who met her prince. The reader is immersed in the passions that boiled in the hearts of people who lived in England in the second half of the 19th century. The main characters are the daughter of a provincial squire and a jaded aristocrat duke, whose meeting and subsequent fate constitute the main intrigue of the story. The gap between them, generated by class prejudices, is overcome by the power of mutual passion. Curious interweaving of events, passionate love scenes with frank eroticism give the work a special poignancy and attractiveness.