A modest share. Mikhailov M.L.

Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov was born on January 3, 1829 in Ufa in the family of a native of serfs. Early Ositev, in 1846 he enters St. Petersburg University, where he meets N. G. Chernyshevsky. Later, Chernyshevsky admitted that Mikhailov had a significant impact on him. In 1851, the first story of Mikhailov “Adam Adamych” was printed in Moskvityanin, which attracted the attention of readers and criticism and immediately put the author in the ranks of the writers of “natural schools and”. Having become popular, he comes closer to the editors of the “Contemporary”, led by Nekrasov, communicates with Turgenev and Grigorovich, who take a lively part in his literary fate. By the veracity of the image of Mikhailov, they compared with the artist II.L. Fedotov, noting that he "sees vices and is armed against them with a spray talent." This collection includes the chosen works of the writer.