I'll Draw Myself Some Happiness

A woman shouldn’t work in the South—but what if her mother is ill and her brother is too young? Of course, you could marry successfully—but somehow suitors don’t line up. I have only two assets: a red braid and a love of drawing. There’s no choice: I put on a man’s suit and go to the very Dolokhov, the owner of porcelain factories, to ask for a job as an artist. Kazimir Fedotovich unexpectedly takes me on as his assistant—and then, even further, makes a strange proposal…

Attention! Contains scenes of drinking alcoholic beverages. Excessive alcohol consumption harms your health.

Attention! Contains scenes of smoking. Smoking kills.