Celestine, the chambermaid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man. But Mr Lanlaire is not a right choice: all the house is firmly controlled by Mme Lanlaire, helped by the strange valet Joseph. Then she tries the neighbour, ex-officer Mauger. This seems to work. But soon the son of the Lanlaires comes back. He is young, attractive, and does not share his mother's anti-republicans opinions. So Celestine's beauty attracts Captain Mauger, young Georges Lanlaire, and also Joseph. Three men, from three different social classes, with three different conceptions of life. Will Celestine be able to convince Georges of her sincerity ? Will sinister and inflexible Joseph let his views upon Celestine be ruined ? A quite disillusioned depiction of humanity. 　　译文(2): 女服务员塞莱斯汀在乡下的 Lanlaires 找了份新工【资源囤-ZiYuanTun.Com】。她决定用她的美貌去勾引一个有钱的男人。但是兰莱尔先生并不是一个正确的选择: 所有的房子都牢牢地掌握在兰莱尔夫人的手中，还有奇怪的男仆约瑟夫的帮助。然后她联系了邻居，前警官 Mauger。这个好像有用。但兰莱尔家的儿子很快就回来了。他年轻，有魅力，并且不赞同他母亲的反共和主义观点。所以塞斯汀娜的美貌吸引了莫格船长年轻的乔治 · 兰莱尔，还有约瑟夫。三个人，来自三个不同的社会阶层，有着三种不同的人生观。塞斯汀娜能说服乔治相信她的诚意吗？阴险顽固的约瑟夫会让他对塞莱斯廷的看法毁于一旦吗？对人性的幻灭描绘。