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Vladimir Petrovich Voldemar, A 16-year-old, Is Staying In The Country With His Family And Meets Zinaida Alexandrovna Zasyekina, A Beautiful 21-year-old Woman, Staying With Her Mother, Princess Zasyekina, In A Wing Of The Manor. This Family, As With Many Of The Russian Minor Nobility With Royal Ties Of That Time, Were Only Afforded A Degree Of Respectability Because Of Their Titles; The Zasyekins, In The Case Of This Story, Are A Very Poor Family. The Young Vladimir Falls Irretrievably In Love With Zinaida, Who Has A Set Of Several Other (socially More Eligible) Suitors Whom He Joins In Their Difficult And Often Fruitless Search For The Young Lady's Favour.
