Vladimir Dubrovsky is a young and carefree cornet. He serves in the guard and does not care about the future: he plays cards, "goes into debt" and arranges noisy feasts. But one day he receives a letter from his old nanny: Vladimir's father is dying, and their estate is taken away by the rich tyrant Troekurov.Dubrovsky hurries to the village to help his father, but here he is waiting for the fate of a robber and the daughter of a sworn enemy.The publication is made with an embossed cover, contains a lasse (ribbon-bookmark). The block has tinted paper. For secondary school age. The book is published in the series '101 books' with illustrations by Vladimir Milashevsky, a classic of book illustration.