V etot sbornik voshli izyaschnye i ostroumnye rasskazy, kotorye avtor napisal dlya zhurnala «Kosmopoliten». Ih geroi - istinnye angliyskie ledi i dzhentlmeny, modnye krasavitsy i hozyayki salonov, svetskie lvy i lvitsy, prozhigateli zhizni i blagorodnye avantyuristy. Oni puteshestvuyut, popadayut v nelepye obstoyatelstva, sovershayut zabavnye oshibki i vputyvayutsya v smeshnye nesurazitsy. A Somerset Moem s prisuschim emu ostrym yumorom stanovitsya povestvovatelem ih priklyucheniy i zloklyucheniy.
