It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.” - Mikhail Lermontov, A Hero of Our Time ‘The Hero of Our Time’, Grigory Alexandrovich Pechorin is actually a traditional antihero who destroys the life of ...
forth across the terrace with quick steps, anticipating the waters' effect. Among them were two or three pretty little faces. Now and again, along the grapevine path which blocked the view of Mashuk's slope, there flitted the colorful ...
Chronicling his unforgettable adventures in the Caucasus involving brigands, smugglers, soldiers, rivals, and lovers, this classic tale of alienation influenced Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Chekhov in Lermontov’s own century, and finds its ...
This edition includes a new introduction, chronology, suggestions for further reading, maps, and full explanatory notes.
A Hero of Our Time cracks the veneer of well-intentioned race conversations in the West, dismantles cheery narratives of progress through tech and “streamlined” education, and exposes the venomous self-congratulation and devouring lust ...