num_pages: 169
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. 
language: English
title: A Hero of Our Time
titlecomplete: A Hero of Our Time (Penguin Classics)
characters: Dr. Werner, Grigory Alexandrovich Pechorin, Grushnitsky, Bela, Vera (A Hero of Our Time), Vulich, Maxim Maximytch, Princess Mary, Kazbich
genres: Fiction, School, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Russian Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Russia
ratings_count: 57058
places: Caucasus
publisher: Penguin Classics