The hero of the novel “The Misdeed of Monsieur Antoine” is a hard, heartless man who set himself the goal of increasing wealth. Powerful and cruel to workers, demanding strict discipline from everyone, he tyrannizes his own family as well. When his son returns home after training—still lacking life experience, full of trust and kindness—conflict arises, because each has their own view of life, their own principles and beliefs. But everything begins to change when the son suddenly falls in love with the neighbor’s girl, who has no high position or status. Secrets of the past, the reasons for the hatred between families, contempt and love—all of it twists into a tight knot…