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A Hero of Our Time

Author
Mikhail Lermontov
Read by
Sebastian Blackwood
Language
English
Length
5 hours 43 minutes
ISBN
9781787369962
Published
25 May 2024
Imprint
Urban Romantics
  • antihero
  • Russian literature
  • existentialism
  • psychological novel
  • disillusionment
  • 19th century
  • Caucasus
  • classic
  • human nature
  • societal critique

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Description

Mikhail Lermontov crafts a penetrating portrait of Pechorin, a disenchanted and enigmatic antihero navigating the turbulent Russian Caucasus. Through his adventures and relationships, Pechorin embodies the restless spirit and moral complexities of his era. Richly layered with psychological insight and vibrant landscapes, this pioneering novel delves into the depths of human nature, revealing timeless truths about ambition, love, and fate.

Author

Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841) wrote as if time were already running out — and for him, it was. Soldier, exile, and the most important Russian poet after Pushkin, he packed a lifetime of intensity into a handful of years. A Hero of Our Time remains startlingly contemporary: its hero Pechorin is charming, cruel, and self-aware, a man who understands his own emptiness and cannot stop performing it.

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