A Hero of Our Time (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Mikhail Lermontov
- First Published: 1839
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1830-1838
- Setting: The Russian Caucasus
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Blindness or blind persons, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Robbery or robbers, Kidnapping, Theft, Duels or dueling, Russia or Russian people, Princes or princesses
- Locales: Russia, Caucasus
Characters Discussed
The First Narrator, the “I” of the novel, who is supposedly the author himself. On a trip, he meets Maksim Maksimich (the second narrator), who tells him of his friendship with Grigoriy Aleksandrovich Pechorin (the third narrator). The first narrator comes into possession of Pechorin’s journal and, on the diarist’s death, publishes from it three tales just as they were written.
Maksim Maksimich (mahk-SIHM mah-SIHM-ihch), the second narrator. He tells to the first narrator the story of his friendship with Grigoriy Aleksandrovich Pechorin (the...
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