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  A Hero of Our Time (Penguin Classics) (Paperback) By (author) Mikhail Lermontov, Translated by Natasha Randall

  

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  Short Description for A Hero of Our TimeA masterpiece of Russian prose, Lermontov's only novel was influential for many later nineteenth-century authors, including Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky and Chekhov. It features Pechorin who is a dangerous man, Byronic in his wasted gifts and his cynicism, and desperate for any kind of action that will stave off boredom.
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  • Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
  • Published: 27 August 2009
  • Format: Paperback 208 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Classics | Adventure | Historical Romance
  • ISBN 13: 9780143105633 ISBN 10: 0143105639
  • Sales rank: 75,171

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Full description for A Hero of Our Time

• A masterpiece of Russian prose, Lermontov's only novel was influential for many later nineteenth-century authors, including Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky and Chekhov. Lermontov's hero, Pechorin, is a dangerous man, Byronic in his wasted gifts and his cynicism, and desperate for any kind of action that will stave off boredom. In five linked episodes, Lermontov builds up a portrait of a man caught in and expressing the sickness of his times.