Mikhail Lermontov

A Hero of Our Time

de Mikhail Lermontov, Marian Schwartz & Gary Shteyngart

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)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...

A Hero Of Our Time

de Mikhail Lermontov & Vladimir Nabokov

A brilliant new translation of a perennial favorite of Russian Literature

The first major Russian novel, A Hero of Our Time was both lauded and reviled upon publication. Its dissipated hero, twenty-five-year-old...

A Hero of Our Time (Illustrated)

de Mikhail Lermontov, Marr Murray & J. H. Wisdom

A Hero of Our Time is a novel by Mikhail Lermontov published in 1840. It tells the story of a young officer, Pechorin, sent to the Caucasus after a duel. This is what the author himself wrote about his idea...