About the book: year / From Fonvizin’s letter to P.I. Panin dated August 1778 (from Paris) we learn what a huge impression “ Confession" by Rousseau. Rousseau’s desire to portray his whole soul without the slightest pretense, to “discover his heart” turned out to be close to Fonvizin. “Narrative” is the first experience in “knowing a person.” The writer openly declares that he has found the “key” “to the perfect human interior».