Described as a dangerous man by one of his young female victims, Pechorin, the hero of Lermontov's novel, outraged many critics with his immortal behaviour when the book was published in 1840. A Hero of Our Time is a literary landmark, the first example of the psychological novel in Russia. Its five linked episodes, using different narrators and Pechorin's own diaries, act as a series of snapshots which form a complex portrait of this fascinating character. Revised with a new introduction, chronology, further reading, maps and full explanatory notes.
