In «Dubrovsky,» Pushkin reflected a broad picture of life among Russian provincial gentry and the social situation typical both for the second half of the 18th century and for Pushkin’s own contemporary era. Here two worlds are clearly set against one another—the world of landowners and the world of enslaved peasant farmers.
The gripping plot of «Dubrovsky» keeps the reader tense from beginning to end. The fate of the «noble brigand,» who, with the help of weapons, tries to restore justice and free his beloved woman from captivity in a hateful marriage, leaves no one indifferent.