小说描写19世纪60年代出身贵族的绝色女子娜斯塔霞常年受地主托茨基蹂躏，后托茨基愿出一大笔钱要把她嫁给卑鄙无耻的加尼亚。就在女主人公的生日晚会上，被人们视为白痴的年轻公爵梅诗金突然出现，愿无条件娶娜斯塔霞为妻，这使她深受感动。在与公爵即将举行婚礼的那天，娜斯塔霞尽管深爱着公爵，但还是跟花花公子罗果仁跑了，最后遭罗果仁杀害。(The novel describes a stunning woman Natasha who born in the 1860s with the aristocratic origin has suffered from the difficulty created by the landlord Toczey. Later, Tozki would like to marry off her to the despicable Ganya with a large amount of money. On the heroine's birthday party, the young Duke Meishi Jin who was seen as an idiot suddenly appeared and willing to marry with Natasha without any additional conditions which made her deeply moved. In the day when the wedding for her and the Duke shall be held, Natasha, despite deeply loved the Duke, still ran away from the wedding with the playboy Luo Guo-ran, and was finally killed by him.)