About the book: 1895 / One Moscow day in 1822, a beautiful maiden appeared in the shop of the merchant Ivan Anempodistovich Latukhin, who came to buy a piece of linen. And when he saw that girl, the merchant fell madly in love. But the trouble is, the girl turned out to be a serf. Before you marry her, you need to ransom her, otherwise you yourself will end up a serf... But who would sell such and such a beauty??..