Предмет обожания

V imenie kni͡azi͡a Grokholʹskogo priezzhaet izvestnyĭ belletrist Boris fon Diderit͡s s suprugoĭ Lizoĭ. Molodai͡a zhenshchina razitelʹno otlichaetsi͡a ot mestnykh obitatelʹnit͡s krasotoĭ, prirodnym izi͡ashchestvom i svoeĭ neotrazimoĭ zhenskoĭ siloĭ, bezotkazno deĭstvui͡ushcheĭ na muzhchin. Ona svodit s uma i khozi͡aina imenii͡a starogo kni͡azi͡a Grokholʹskogo, i ego molodogo i neputevogo syna Grigorii͡a, i druga semʹi uezdnogo ispravnika, nadvornogo sovetnika Danilu Okhlopkova. Pri polnom bezrazlichii svoego supruga, Liza kazhdomu iz muzhchin darit avansy, kazhdogo manit k sebe, no ne delaet do kont͡sa schastlivym. Svi͡azannye semeĭnymi i druzheskimi uzami li͡ubovniki Lizy nachinai͡ut muchitelʹno revnovatʹ drug k drugu. Ne prikhodit izbavlenii͡a ot stradaniĭ i togda, kogda Liza odnazhdy bessledno ischezaet…

In the estate of Prince Grokholsky comes well-known novelist, Boris von Gideriz with his wife Lisa. The young woman is strikingly different from the local inhabitants of beauty, natural grace and its irresistible female power, reliably acting on men. It drives crazy and the owner of the estate of the old Prince Grokholsky, and his young and disreputable son Gregory, and a family friend of the district police officer, court Councilor Danila Okhlopkov. With the complete indifference of her husband, Lisa gives each of the men advances, each beckons to him, but does not make him completely happy. Bound by family and friendly ties, Lisa's lovers begin to be painfully jealous of each other. There is no escape from suffering when Lisa disappears one day without a trace…