A. Maurois is a well-known French writer. Among his works are psychological novels and stories, fantastic novels and travel essays, biographies of great people and literary portraits. The latter form is a true collection of ..... [DT [ The gallery of portraits of French writers opens in the 16th century and includes such famous word artists as Montaigne, Voltaire, Rousseau, Chateaubriand, Stendhal, Balzac, Flaubert, Maupassant, France, Proust, Moriak and others. Everything written by Maurois unites faith in man, in the power and beneficial influence of the creative personality ....... [ This collection, along with new materials, includes articles previously published in publications: A. Morois, Literary Portraits, 1970. and "Sixty Years of My Literary Life", 1977.