About the book: year / “Adele” contains autobiographical motifs, the prototype of the heroine was Princess Alexandra Ivanovna Trubetskaya, whose home teacher was Pogodin; in the image of Dmitry, the features of Pogodin himself and his early deceased friend, the leader of Moscow wise men, the poet D.V. Venevitinov, like Pogodin, who was in love with Trubetskoy, are combined.