Personazhi russkoy literatury. Vtoraya polovina XVIII–XIX v. Enciklopedicheskiy slovar'. Tom II.

Enciklopedicheskiy slovar' — odno iz pervyh v Rossii issledovanie obrazov, sozdannyh russkimi pisatelyami v konce XVIII — XIX v. Slovar' vvodit chitatelya v kul'turnuyu atmosferu i byt Rossii, predstaviv geroev klassicheskoy russkoy prozy i personazhey proizvedeniy, imeyuschih vysokuyu hudozhestvennuyu cennost', no nezasluzhenno zabytyh. Slovar' daet shirokuyu kartinu rossiyskoy zhizni, razdvigaya ramki ustoyavshihsya predstavleniy o kul'ture, istorii, byte i russkom nacional'nom haraktere.