About the book: year / The most complete and beautifully published collection of works of Mikhail Efgrafovich Saltykov - Shchedrin, a brilliant artist and thinker, a brilliant publicist and literary critic, a talented journalist , one of the most prominent figures of the Russian liberation movement. His gift is a rare phenomenon. it is difficult to imagine classical Russian literature without Saltykov-Shchedrin. This collection of works and letters of Saltykov - Shchedrin is carried out taking into account the latest achievements of Shchedrin studies. The collection is the most complete of all existing ones and includes all currently known works of the writer, both completed and unfinished. The sixth volume includes: an essay “Our Social Life”, articles, journal polemics.