Where are we and where is Russian literature? The answer is: here. Everything is here, close by, no matter how many years have passed and wherever we may be. 'Simply Classics!' is a book for free reading. It was written by novelist, philologist, and teacher Alexander Arkhangelsky*. Its addressee is anyone interested in learning. Myths and theater, Antiquity and the Enlightenment, poor Liza and poor Katerina, Pushkin and Gogol, Tatyana Tolstaya and Lyudmila Ulitskaya... What is all this, and why do we need it? And how is it all connected? The book contains 52 encounters, 52 themes, 52 creative assignments for those curious to delve deeper.