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A Hero of Our Time

(Penguin Classics)

By Mikhail Lermontov, Paul Foote (Translator)

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| Paperback | 9780140447958

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The first example of the psychological novel in Russia, A Hero of Our Time influenced Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Chekhov, and other great nineteenth-century masters that followed. Its hero, Pechorin, is Byronic in his wasted gifts, his cynicism, and his desire for any kind of action-good or ilContinue

The first example of the psychological novel in Russia, A Hero of Our Time influenced Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Chekhov, and other great nineteenth-century masters that followed. Its hero, Pechorin, is Byronic in his wasted gifts, his cynicism, and his desire for any kind of action-good or ill-that will stave off boredom. Outraging many critics when it was first published in 1840, A Hero of Our Time follows Pechorin as he embarks on an exciting adventure involving brigands, smugglers, soldiers, rivals, and lovers.

This edition includes a new introduction, chronology, suggestions for further reading, maps, and full explanatory notes.

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  • The adventures of one Grigory Pechorin, soldier. He is a somewhat dashing, somewhat Byronic antihero, often bored when he achieves his goals. He's not really that nice, yet people find themselves drawn to him. Could fit these times as well as those Lermontov was writing in. Definitely worth reading ... (continue)

    The adventures of one Grigory Pechorin, soldier. He is a somewhat dashing, somewhat Byronic antihero, often bored when he achieves his goals. He's not really that nice, yet people find themselves drawn to him. Could fit these times as well as those Lermontov was writing in. Definitely worth reading if you like Byronic antiheroes.

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