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A Hero of Our Time

Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov

Book Overview: 

A Hero of Our Time is indeed a portrait, but not of one man. It is a portrait built up of all our generation's vices in full bloom. You will again tell me that a human being cannot be so wicked, and I will reply that if you can believe in the existence of all the villains of tragedy and romance, why wouldn't believe that there was a Pechorin? If you could admire far more terrifying and repulsive types, why aren't you more merciful to this character, even if it is fictitious? Isn't it because there's more truth in it than you might wish?

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Off he'll go, but you will find that he will come back; and, if you are going to be unhappy, you will soon make him tired of you.'

"'True, true!' she said. 'I will be merry.'

"And with a burst of laughter, she seized her tambourine, began to sing, dance, and gambol around me. But that did not last long either; she fell upon the bed again and buried her face in her hands.

"What could I do with her? You know I have never been accustomed to the society of women. I thought and thought how to cheer her up, but couldn't hit on anything. For some time both of us remained silent... A most unpleasant situation, sir!

"At length I said to her:

"'Would you like us to go and take a walk on the rampart? The weather is splendid.'

"This was in September, and indeed it was a wonderful day, bright and not too hot. The mountains could be seen as clearly as though they were but a hand's-breadth away. We went, and walked in s. . . Read More

Community Reviews

There is something in A Hero of Our Time that even time is powerless to destroy. The novel is full of everlasting feelings and motives that ruled human beings in ancient times and keep ruling now.
I was so delighted to be so high above the world: it was a childlike feeling, I won’t deny it, but withd

Vrouwen houden alleen van mannen die ze niet kennen.

Aan de hand van vijf ingenieus verbonden novellen krijgen we een indringend psychologisch portret van de jonge officier Petsjorin, het prototype van de Russische ‘overtollige mens’. Petsjorin is een gedesillusioneerde, amorele dandy. Ambivalent

Whenever I see a Penguin Classics book at one of our local second hand book sales, I become hypertensive, I salivate and elbow past the old and infirm, scream like a banshee and trample over little kids, stray dogs and wheelchairs. Yes, this heroic effort of mine (let’s not deny it), this time, resu

- "بطل من هذا الزمان"، الرواية او مجموعة النوفيلات لميخائيل ليرمانتوف تتضافر لتشكل اقنوماً واحداً يمثل الشخصية الرئيسية "بتشورين"!

- خمس قصص تأخذنا من الحديث عن "بيتشورين" الى حديثه عن نفسه من خلال مذكراته، او بالأحرى تأخذنا من الظاهر والسطحي والرأي المتكون عنه، الى الباطن والحقيقي ومنطلق تكوين شخصيت

إن رواية مثل هذه لهي جديرة بأن تعيش لعشرات السنين و عندما تقرأها لا تشعر أبدا بأنها شيئا عفا عليه الزمن و غيرته الأحوال. هذا هو وقتها. الأن و ليس غدا. نفس الظروف البائسة التي تحيط بنا في دول الربيع العربي و أيضا تلك الدول التي سبقت و التي تنتظر.

الشباب الذي خرج إلى الميادين كله أمل و تفاؤل .. ماذا سي

أشعر برغبة في قول اشياء كثيرة عن هذه الرواية، ابحث عن كلمات وجمل تصف مشاعري أثناء قرائتها، أقول أن هذه الرواية تخدش النفس البشرية ترغمك على مقارنة نفسك بذاك البطل الذي يجري بين صفحات الرواية ، وأي بطل هو ذاك وأي جريمة أن يطلق أسم البطل على "بتشورين" الأناني ، الملول، الخبيث، المتقلب، المغرور ..

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