num_pages: 108
description: Originally published in Russian in 1840 Lermontov's "A Hero of Our Time" greatly influenced the later works of other great Russian authors such as Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy. "A Hero of Our Time" is a pioneering work in the genre of the anti-hero novel. The novel's narrative is the story of Pechorin a young nihilistic officer in the army who's story is told in five non-chronological parts.
language: English
title: A Hero of Our Time
titlecomplete: A Hero of Our Time
characters: Grigory Alexandrovich Pechorin, Kazbich, Princess Mary, Maxim Maximytch, Vulich, Bela, Dr. Werner, Vera (A Hero of Our Time), Grushnitsky
genres: Russia, Literature, Fiction, Russian Literature, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, 19th Century, School, Novels, Classics
ratings_count: 57090
places: Caucasus
publisher: Digireads.Com