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The first example of the psychological novel in Russia, A Hero of Our Time influenced Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Chekhov, and other great nineteenth-century masters that followed. Its hero, Pechorin, is Byronic in his wasted gifts, his cynicism, and his desire for any kind of action-good or ill-that will stave off boredom. Outraging many critics when it was first published in 1840, A Hero of Our Time follows Pechorin as he embarks on an exciting adventure involving brigands, smugglers, soldiers, rivals, and lovers.

This edition includes a new introduction, chronology, suggestions for further reading, maps, and full explanatory notes.

萊濛托夫（1814-1841），俄國十九世紀傑齣詩人，小說傢，長篇小說《當代英雄》是他最有影響的作品之一。由《貝拉》、《馬剋西姆·馬剋西梅奇》、《塔曼》、《梅麗公爵小姐》、《宿命論者》等一組係列小說組成。