The personages whom she copied straight from life are vivid; those whom she invented as ideals, as foils for contrast, are lifeless shadows.

Her operas are not important.
Towards the close of her literary activity she once more engaged in journalism, writing a series of satirical sketches, "Facts and Fiction" (published in 1783), for a new journal, issued on behalf of the Academy of Sciences by the Princess Dashkoff, the director of that academy, and chairman of the Russian Academy, founded in that year on the Princess's own plan.
This Princess Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkoff (born Vorontzoff, 1743-1810) was a brilliantly educated woman, with a pronounced taste for political intrigue, who had a great share in the conspiracy which disposed of Peter III., and placed Katherine II.

on the throne.

Katherine richly rewarded the Princess, but preserved her own independence and supremacy, which offended Princess Dashkoff, the result being a coldness between the former intimate friends.

This, in turn, obliged the Princess to leave the court and travel at home and abroad.