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Mikhail Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time was the first modern Russian novel. Published in 1840, it set a model of penetrating observation and psychological depth that would come to typify Russian literature. Its hero, Grigorii Pechorin, also established a character type that became known in Russian fiction as the superfluous man.

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    A Paperback by Mikhail Lermontov, Elizabeth Cheresh Allen

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      Publisher: Northwestern University Press
      Publication Date: 8/30/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780810133518, 978-0810133518
      ISBN10: 0810133512

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      Book Synopsis
      Mikhail Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time was the first modern Russian novel. Published in 1840, it set a model of penetrating observation and psychological depth that would come to typify Russian literature. Its hero, Grigorii Pechorin, also established a character type that became known in Russian fiction as the superfluous man.

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