Society ladies of dubious behavior... Some of them were in love with the process of seduction itself and were busy looking for bodily pleasures. The latter made a career through bed, combining business with pleasure. Still others were looking for mystical meaning in numerous connections with men. One way or another, but they were not equal. They made men's hearts tremble and embarked on the most risky love adventures. About the passions, ups and downs of the confidante of Empress Catherine II Praskovya Bruce, the ballerina Avdotya Istomina, the friend of poets and writers Nina Petrovskaya, read in the historical short stories of the brilliant Elena Arsenva.