"The Captain's Daughter" is written in the form of memories of the hero and the noble young officer Grinev. The great achievement of the novel is to create the image of Bugachov, the leader of peasant uprising. Pushkin's Bugachov is smart, funny, "simple and extraordinary" and "very cute", and at the same time has a strong and unyielding character. He hates nobles and would rather die than surrender. When Grinoff asked him why he rebelled, he told a fairy tale of an eagle and a crow as an answer. The eagle said, "No! Brother crow, it is better to drink blood once than to eat dead bodies and live for 300 years. " Another outstanding achievement of the novel is the portrayal of Schwablin, an officer who is involved in the fickle and speculative uprising. The shaping of this image is the victory of Pushkin's realism. However, Pushkin's attitude towards the peasant uprising is contradictory, with sympathy and praise, misinterpretation and distortion, and at the same time beautifying the queen.

In art, The Captain's Daughter skillfully combines family chronicles, personal experiences and historical events. In a narrow space, it accommodates a wide range of life contents. The novel fully embodies Pushkin's simple, concise, mature and lively prose style.