| A Hero of Our Time Rev Edition Contributor(s): Lermontov, Mikhail (Author), Foote, Paul (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0140447954 ISBN-13: 9780140447958 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001278383 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.12" W x 7.76" (0.36 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first example of the psychological novel in Russia, A Hero of Our Time 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, A Hero of Our Time follows Pechorin as he embarks on an exciting adventure involving brigands, smugglers, soldiers, rivals, and lovers. This edition includes a new introduction, chronology, suggestions for further reading, maps, and full explanatory notes.
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