A Hero of Our Time

Name: A Hero of Our Time
Author: Mikhail Lermontov
ISBN: 0143105639

by Mikhail Lermontov

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Originally Un héros de notre temps ; suivi de Chtoss, Le fuyard, Le démon, Mtzyri, La mort du poète · French

A brilliant new translation of a perennial favorite of Russian literature The first major Russian novel, A Hero of Our Time was both lauded and reviled upon publication. Its dissipated hero, twenty-five-year-old Pechorin, is a beautiful and magnetic but nihilistic young army officer, bored by life and indifferent to his many sexual conquests. Chronicling his unforgettable adventures in the Caucasus involving brigands, smugglers, soldiers, rivals, and lovers, this classic tale of alienation influ...

First published 1900 212 pages

Category: Literature
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 1
Editions known: 21

Classification

DDC 891.733 LCC PG-3337.00000000 L4 G4 1962 Caucasus in fictionFictionFiction, historicalMilitary HistoryReadersRussia (federation), fictionRussia in fictionRussian language

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