The Girl with the Teddy Bear is one of V. Domontovich's most famous and extravagant texts.

The events of the novel unfold in Kyiv in the 1920s. Ipolit Varetsky, a chemical engineer and teacher, meets the Tykhmenev family and becomes a tutor to their daughters — serious Lesya and daring Zina. It is Zina who captivates him with her independence and avant-garde spirit. She craves freedom and challenges social norms. But is a romance between two such different people possible?

This Kyiv-based text introduces readers to the lives of city dwellers and immerses them in the atmosphere of the city as it was a hundred years ago.