The work of the famous literary critic Lev Aleksandrovich Anninsky, probably, cannot be fully called simply literary criticism. The classics of Russian literature seem to step out of school portraits and appear before the reader as living people - in the interweaving of their relationships, the complexity of their characters and aspirations for ideas. Written in an excellent literary language, the works of Lev Alexandrovich will undoubtedly be of interest to true lovers of the Russian word, tired of low-quality reading material , with which today's book market is flooded...