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A Hero of Our Time (Penguin Classics) by Mikhail Lermontov is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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The first example of the psychological novel in Russia, <b>A Hero of Our Time</b> influenced Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Chekhov, and other great nineteenth-century masters that followed. Its hero, Pechorin, is Byronic in his wasted gifts, his cynicism, and his desire for any kind of action-good or ill-that will stave off boredom. Outraging many critics when it was first published in 1840, <b>A Hero of Our Time</b> follows Pechorin as he embarks on an exciting adventure involving brigands, smuggle
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Mikhail Lermontov
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780140447958
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.11 / 5 (486 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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