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A Hero of Our Time |
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| Book: Paperback | 5.07 x 7.79in | 208 pages | ISBN 9780140447958 | 01 Oct 2001 | Penguin Classic | 18 - AND UP |
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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.
‘Vigorous and audacious … it retains its power as a psychological study’
Julian Barnes
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