A Hero of Our Time
Author: Mikhail Lermontov
Desc: In its adventurous happenings its abductions duels and sexual intrigues A Hero of Our Time looks backward to the tales of Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron so beloved by Russian society in the 1820s and '30s. In the character of its protagonist Pechorin the archetypal Russian antihero Lermontov's novel looks forward to the subsequent glories and passion of Russian literature that it helped in great measure to make possible.