Chudoghnik Genri Hester snal o sawladewshih im demonah i nadealsa, tchto newinnost i tchistota Effi spasut yego. Odnako yego swetly angel, yego idealnaa ghenushka okasalas obitchnoi semnoi ghenshinoi so wsemi prisushimi yei strastami. Htobi sohranat Effi w neporotchnom sostoanii, Genri sastawlayet yeye wse wrema spat. No stariye grehi Genri neoghidanno saawlaut o sebe samim neobitchnim obrasom. Pogublennaa im dusha obyedinayetsa s Effi w neky mistitchesky sous protiw hanghestwa i ubogosti duha.