A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov

A Hero of Our Time is a novel by Mikhail Lermontov published in 1840. It tells the story of a young officer, Pechorin, sent to the Caucasus after a duel. This is what the author himself wrote about his idea of Pechorin in the preface: "Pechorin, my dear readers, is in fact a portrait, but not of one man only: he is a composite portrait, made up of all the vices which flourish, full-grown, amongst the present generation. You will tell me, as you have told me before, that no man can be so wicked as this; and my reply will be: "If you believe that such persons as the villains of tragedy and romance could exist in real life, why can you not believe in the reality of Pechorin? If you could admire far more terrifying and repulsive types, why aren't you more merciful to this character, even if it is fictitious? Isn't it because there's more truth in it than you might wish?"This edition includes 22 illustrations by M. Lermontov, M. Vrubel, V. Serov, V. Polyakov and other artists of the late 19th and early 20th century.

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The 424th greatest fiction book of all time


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  1. - 106th on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time (The Novel 100)
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A Hero of Our Time Mass Market Paperback 12018015 $5.84
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A Hero of Our Time / The Demon: In a New Translation by Mark R. Pettus Hardcover 1154383 $22.99 2022
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A Hero of Our Time (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) Hardcover 1131873 $39.95 2021
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Герой нашего времени (Geroy nashevo vremeni. A Hero of Our Time) (Russian Edition) Kindle Edition 2192810 $3.99 2017
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Prose and Poetry of Mikhail Lermontov: A Hero of Our Time, The Demon, The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov, Death of the Poet, The Fugitive, Mtsyri, etc. Kindle Edition 713226 $0.99 2020
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Герой нашего времени (A Hero of Our Time) (Russian Edition) Paperback 1768214 $14.95 $21.11 2018
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A Hero of Our Time: Illustrated and Annotated Edition Kindle Edition 812091 $0.99 2014
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A Hero of Our Time (New revised, annotated and illustrated edition) Paperback 1095359 $12.26 $2.90 2011