A Hero of Our Time

A Hero of Our Time is a novel by Mikhail Lermontov, written in 1839 and revised in 1841. It is an example of the superfluous man novel, noted for its compelling Byronic hero (or anti-hero) Pechorin and for the beautiful descriptions of the Caucasus.Mikhail Lermontov also wrote Princess Ligovskaya, Two Brothers, A Strange Man, and Masquerade.