Opyty. V 3-h knigah.

Esli by ya pisal etu knigu, chtoby sniskat' blagovolenie sveta, ya by prinaryadilsya i pokazal sebya v polnom parade. No ya hochu, chtoby menya videli v moem prostom, estestvennom i obydennom vide, neprinuzhdennym i bezyskusstvennym, ibo ya risuyu ne kogo-libo inogo, a sebya samogo. Moi nedostatki predstanut zdes', kak zhivye, i ves' oblik moy takim, kakov on v deystvitel'nosti, naskol'ko, razumeetsya, eto sovmestimo s moim uvazheniem k publike. Esli by ya zhil mezhdu teh plemen, kotorye, kak govoryat, i poseychas esche naslazhdayutsya sladostnoy svobodoyu iznachal'nyh zakonov prirody, uveryayu tebya, chitatel', ya s velichayshey ohotoyu narisoval by sebya vo ves' rost, i pritom nagishom. Takim obrazom, soderzhanie moey knigi — ya sam, a eto otnyud' ne prichina, chtoby ty otdaval svoy dosug predmetu stol' legkovesnomu i nichtozhnomu. Proschay zhe! De Monten' (Cena ukazana za 3 knigi)