Recently, I read a romantic novel by Alexander Grin "Scarlet Sails". A. Greene lived a very hard life. He had been in prison and went into exile, but managed to escape. It then began to write the story A. Green "Scarlet Sails", and in 1920 he graduated from it. This is the most famous work of A. Green. The writer has defined a genre of his work as a "spectacle." The story begins, as many literary works, with the characteristics of the main characters, but after reading quite a bit, I realized that this book is very special. In the story "Scarlet Sails" Green tells the story of the girl Assol, who lost her mother early and grew up with his father, they lived on what he was doing children's toy-ships. Longren father gonna, take all of the work on the farm itself, daughter and father were very fond of each other. Yet Assol was unhappy as her one of the village children did not communicate. And she lived a single dream, which she presented to Aigle - known collector of songs, legends and tales. He told her that one day her prince will sail on a ship with scarlet sails and since gonna hopefully looking at the horizon of the sea, waiting for a ship with scarlet sails. The second main character in the story is represented by Arthur Gray, who on the contrary born into a wealthy family and had the same had a dream - to become a captain and he became to them. At age 15 he went to the ship as a sailor and for a time voyage captain Arthur taught various marine sciences. After four years of voyages, he returned home, Arthur took my parents a large sum of money to buy your own ship. And from that moment he sailed the seas and oceans captain. And once, during his next trip Arthur met Assol, which he liked. And learn about her dream, he decided, and sang it. I think that the main idea of the author of the story is that the man in your life you need to have the most cherished dream, believe and strive for it, and only if it is sure to be fulfilled. After Alexander Greene wrote this work is not the best time of my life, and probably, in my opinion, he wanted to make an example of dreams, faith and hope. Assol - the heroine of romantic stories, and closed beautiful girl, who was very fond of his father, only he trusted and lived the dream, which she presented to the storyteller. Arthur Gray - the freedom-loving people, a leader by nature, respecting the opinions of others, educated and intelligent, and walking purposefully toward their goals. All these qualities make of him a famous man. Longren - gonna father, her mentor in life, a loving father. In it the author tried to show a sample of how to be a father. In the story "Scarlet Sails" Alexander Green to express mood, feelings and spiritual mood of the characters often uses nature. I believe that Green would first like to say to the reader, that at any time of his life to live in the world of reality and dreams