Lyubovnye dramy Triumfy i dramy russkih balerin. Ot Avdot'i Istominoy do Anny Pavlovoy

V knige sobrany lyubovnye istorii vydayuschihsya balerin XIX - nachala XX v. Chitateli uznayut o lyubovnom treugol'nike, v kotorom sopernikami v bor'be za serdce baleriny Ekateriny Teleshevoy stali general-gubernator Peterburga, "hrabreyshiy iz hrabryh" geroy Otechestvennoy voyny 1812 goda M.A. Miloradovich i znamenityy poet A.S. Griboedov. Rasskazano o "chetvernoy dueli" iz-za baleriny Avdot'i Istominoy, v kotoroy uchastvovali graf Zavadovskiy, ubivshiy kamer-yunkera Sheremeteva, Griboedov i ranivshiy ego Yakubovich. Interesen rasskaz o tragicheskoy lyubvi blistatel'noy Anny Pavlovoy i Viktora Dandre, kotorogo balerina, nesmotrya na zhestokuyu obidu, spasla ot tyur'my. Geroinyami sbornika stali takzhe supruga Sergeya Esenina Aysedora Dunkan, kotoroy bylo prorochestvo, chto imenno v Rossii ona vyydet zamuzh; Vera Karrali, souchastnica ubiystva Grigoriya Rasputina; Evgeniya Kolosova, kotoruyu schitayut lyubovnicey knyazya N.B. Yusupova; Mariya Surovschikova, supruga baletmeystera i baletnogo pedagoga Mariusa Petipa; Matil'da Madaeva, vyshedshaya zamuzh za knyazya Mihaila Golicyna; Ekaterina Chislova, izvestnaya dramatichnym brakom s velikim knyazem Nikolaem Nikolaevichem Starshim; Tamara Karsavina, sama brosavshaya muzhey i vybiravshaya novyh.