A Hero of Our Time

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A Hero of Our Time is a 1840 psychological novel by Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov that portrays the complex, cynical antihero Pechorin and is considered a classic of Russian literature.

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instanceOf novel
psychological novel
adaptedInto film
opera
author Mikhail Lermontov NERFINISHED
characterType antihero
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
firstPublishedIn Russia NERFINISHED
genre psychological fiction
romanticism
hasNarrator Grigory Pechorin NERFINISHED
unnamed travel narrator
hasPart Bela NERFINISHED
Maxim Maximych NERFINISHED
Princess Mary NERFINISHED
Taman NERFINISHED
The Fatalist NERFINISHED
influenced later Russian psychological prose
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement Romanticism
literarySignificance classic of Russian literature
early example of psychological novel in Russian literature
mainCharacter Grigory Pechorin NERFINISHED
narrativeForm first-person narrative
frame narrative
notableCharacter Bela NERFINISHED
Maxim Maximych NERFINISHED
Princess Mary NERFINISHED
Vera NERFINISHED
originalLanguage Russian
originalTitle Герой нашего времени NERFINISHED
portrays Russian officer in the Caucasus
complex character psychology
cynical worldview
protagonist Grigory Pechorin NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1840
setting Caucasus NERFINISHED
Russian Empire NERFINISHED
structure cycle of interconnected stories
theme Byronic hero archetype
alienation
cynicism
fatalism
psychological analysis
romantic disillusionment
timePeriodOfSetting 19th century

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Mikhail Lermontov notableWork A Hero of Our Time