This is a cynical little novel about a woman, left by her husband, who decides "I want power. I want money. I want to be loved and not love in return...I want, I crave, I die to be part of that other erotic world, of choice and desire and lust. It isn't love I want; it is nothing so simple. What I want is to take everything and return nothing. What I want is power over the hearts and pockets of men". Ultimately she adopts the character of the husband and the appearance of his lover. Is this revenge? I hardly think so.