Doch frantcuzskogo stoliara-domoseda, nachitavshis romanov Zhiulia Verna i Main Rida, vsem serdtcem zhazhdet zhizni burnoi, deiatelnoi, poleznoi. V kachestve sestry miloserdiia ona otpravliaetsia v golovokruzhitelnuiu eskapadu, kotoraia privedet ee v samye ekzoticheskie i goriachie tochki vtoroi poloviny XIX veka - Koreiu, Abissiniiu, na Madagaskar i Kubu. V ocherednoi tom "Mastera prikliuchenii" vkhodit geroicheskaia dilogiia o mademuazeli Frikette "S krasnym krestom" i "Ostrov v ogne".