The author of the book "Pushkin's Life," Ariadna Vladimirovna Tyrkova-Williams (1869-1962), spent more than forty years of her life away from Russia. It is not surprising, therefore, that her book, the first volume of which was published in Paris in 1929, and the second in the same place almost twenty years later, turned out to be completely unknown in our country. Meanwhile, this is perhaps the most complete and detailed biography of the great poet. It is distinguished by a thorough knowledge of the material, an amazing Russian language (forgotten by modern literary scholars) and, most importantly, a great love for the hero, the love that the author conveys to us, his readers.