A Hero of Our Time

Paperback

Main Details

Title A Hero of Our Time
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mikhail Lermontov
Translated by Neil Cornwell
Translated by Martin Parker
SeriesEvergreens
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:236
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 128
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781847495761
ClassificationsDewey:891.733
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Alma Books Ltd
Imprint Alma Classics
NZ Release Date 25 January 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

On his travels through the wild mountainous terrain of the Caucasus, the narrator of A Hero of Our Time chances upon the veteran soldier and storyteller Maxim Maximych, who relates to him the dubious exploits of his former comrade Pechorin. Engaging in various acts of duelling, contraband, abduction and seduction, Pechorin, an archetypal Byronic anti-hero, combines cynicism and arrogance with melancholy andsensitivity.Causing an uproar in Russia when it was first published in 1840, Lermontov's brilliant, seminal study of contemporary society and the nihilistic aspect of Romanticism - accompanied here by the unfinished novel Princess Ligovskaya - remains compelling to this day.

Author Biography

A soldier in the Russian army stationed in the Caucasus, Mikhail Lermontov (1814-41) became a hugely famous and influential Romantic poet. His life was cut short in a duel with a fellow officer.