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Product Identifiers

PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100486451291

ISBN-139780486451299

eBay Product ID (ePID)52333168

Product Key Features

Book TitleHero of Our Time

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, General

Publication Year2006

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorMikhaïl Lérmontov

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight9 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2006-042308

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Edition19

Dewey Decimal891.73/3

Table Of ContentTranslators' Foreword Author's Preface Book I. Bèla Book II. Maksim Maksimych Foreword to Extracts from Pechorin's Diary Book III. Tamañ Book IV. The Fatalist Book V. Princess Mary

SynopsisRussian literature's first major prose novel, this gripping work was a primary influence on Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and other great 19th-century writers. The author drew upon his personal Byronic exploits to create these picaresque adventures amid the rugged Caucasus in the company of bandits, freebooters, and beautiful women., Treachery and sexual intrigue abound in this gripping and influential Russian novel. Its picaresque tales trace a Byronic hero's exploits amid the rugged Caucasian frontier., "Of lasting appeal to readers of all countries and centuries." -- Vladimir Nabokov Russian literature's first major prose novel, this gripping work was a primary influence on Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and other great nineteenth-century writers. Mikhail Lermontov, "the poet of the Caucasus," drew upon his personal Byronic exploits to create these tales of treachery, abductions, and sexual intrigue. Published in 1840, one year before the author's death at age twenty-six in a duel, the novel retains its overwhelming power and fascination. Centered on the escapades of Pechorin, a dashing young officer and the hero of the title, the book consists of a series of interconnected short stories. The picaresque adventures revolve around Pechorin's escapades and reflect his cynical but passionate worldview. Set amid the rugged Caucasian wilderness -- an exotic land populated by bandits and smugglers, transplanted society women, and lawless freebooters -- it offers a thrilling blend of brutality, elegance, and enduring romance.

LC Classification NumberPG3337.L4G4133 2006