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A Hero of Our Time

Author
Mikhail Lermontov
Series
World Classics
Language
English
Length
182 pages
ISBN
9781907832369
Published
12 September 2011
Imprint
Urban Romantics
  • Lermontov
  • Romanticism
  • Nihilism
  • Russian literature
  • European Literature
  • classic
  • romance
  • adventure
  • Romantics
  • Urban Romantics

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Description

"A Hero of Our Time" by Mikhail Lermontov follows the adventures of Pechorin, a complex and enigmatic young officer. Set in the Caucasus Mountains, the novel is a series of interconnected stories portraying Pechorin's romantic escapades, duels, and his disillusionment with society. Lermontov explores themes of love, honor, and the inner conflicts of the Byronic hero. Pechorin's cynical and introspective narrative, along with the exotic backdrop, contributes to a psychological exploration of a captivating antihero in Russian literature.

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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