Povs. zhizn' rus. literat.geroev XVIII-perv.pol.XIX - Eliseeva Ol'ga Igorevna

It just so happened that it is from the texts of classical works of our literature that we imagine the life of the Russian 18th and 19th centuries. Is it fair? In many ways, probably, yes: after all, traces of the heroes of artistic works, imprinted on the surface of the past, often turn out to be deeper than those of real people. In addition, many seemingly fictional characters had quite specific historical prototypes, shared with them some traits of their character or episodes of biography. But each of the authors created his own reality, only based on the world around him. Over the centuries, this world has turned upside down and much of what was written or ignored by the authors of the past is now incomprehensible: meanings slip away, and it is extremely difficult to restore them
. So is it possible to tell about the everyday life of people who... never existed? The author of this book is a well-known researcher...