"The Captain's Daughter" - Pushkin's last work, the largest phenomenon of his prose - is studied in the 7th grade. The place of the "Captain's Daughter" in the program of literature of the VII class is fully justified. Indeed, which of Pushkin's works can be taken in the seventh year of study? About all we can say: "No, prematurely!." Our goal is not just to read the story, but to analyze it. The analysis of the work of art primarily reflects the awareness of the "logic of the development of the author's figurative thought." It seems that such a system of lessons takes into account this "logic of the development of figurative thought" Pushkin.