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A Hero of Our Time (Modern Library Classics) by Lermontov, Mikhail I͡Urʹevich, 1814-1841; Schwartz, Marian is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Hero of Our Time (Modern Library Classics) about?
In its adventurous happenings–its abductions, duels, and sexual intrigues–A Hero of Our Time looks backward to the tales of Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron, so beloved by Russian society in the 1820s and'30s. In the character of its protagonist, Pechorin–the archetypal Russian antihero–Lermontov's novel looks forward to the subsequent glories of a Russian literature that it helped, in great measure, to make possible.This edition includes a Translator's Foreword by Vladimir Nabokov, who translated the novel in collaboration with his son, Dmitri Nabokov.
Who reads A Hero of Our Time (Modern Library Classics)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Lermontov, Mikhail I͡Urʹevich, 1814-1841; Schwartz, Marian
- Publisher
- New York: Modern Library
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307769817
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Adventure
- Rating
- 4.11 / 5 (115 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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