A Hero Of Our Time

Author: Mikhail Lermontov

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  • : 19.99 AUD
  • : 9780143105633
  • : Penguin UK
  • : Penguin
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  • : 0.168
  • : 01 October 2009
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 17mm
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  • : Mikhail Lermontov
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Barcode 9780143105633
9780143105633

Description

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.