Three Colors of Time is an outstanding work of Soviet literature, an example of a Russian historical and biographical novel. The era of the 10-30s of the 19th century, the situation in which the great French writer lived and worked, is deeply and historically accurately reflected here. tel Henri Beyle, who wrote under the pseudonym Frederic Stendhal. A. Vinogradov created a diverse and lively, historically truthful and vitally integral image of one of the greatest artists of the past.