About the book: 2021 / The monstrous egoism of the main character, who is unable to love anyone but himself, destroys all the women who love him and actually puts him outside of society. He is indifferent to his own only son. With his indifference to the mental problems of his talented wife, the main character destroys her. The acquisition of external well-being by the main character of the novel is perceived by him as an indicator of a successful fate.