The beautiful, frivolous wife of a plantation owner in antebellum Louisiana proves unsatisfactory at running the household, leading her serious-minded husband to enlist the help of her unmarried sister.

How to spoil your own life and the lives of others by being fickle and frivolous. This is the story of Gilberte, a beautiful 16-year-old girl who charms, attracts, and seduces every man she meets. Back in Louisiana after a stay in France, she steals her loving, beloved sister Louise's fiancé; once married to George, she proves a poor mother for little Georgie, a poor manager of the plantation, and an unfaithful wife. She starts an affair with André, the dashing young man she actually loves; tragedy ensues.—Guy Bellinger