{"product_id":"a-hero-of-our-time-mikhail-lermontov-coleman-s-notes-reader-s-companion-cn-061","title":"A Hero of Our Time — Mikhail Lermontov | Coleman’s Notes Reader’s Companion | CN-061","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeet Pechorin — one of Russian literature’s most fascinating, contradictory and influential characters.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eMikhail Lermontov’s \u003cem\u003eA Hero of Our Time\u003c\/em\u003e is a landmark of Russian fiction: an innovative psychological novel built from interconnected stories that reveal its central character from multiple perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrigory Pechorin\u003c\/strong\u003e is intelligent, perceptive and charismatic — but also restless, manipulative, destructive and profoundly dissatisfied. He understands many of his own failings yet seems unable, or unwilling, to change them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eAgainst the dramatic landscape of the \u003cstrong\u003eCaucasus\u003c\/strong\u003e, Lermontov explores alienation, fate, love, boredom, friendship and the psychology of a generation struggling to find purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis comprehensive \u003cstrong\u003eColeman’s Notes® Reader’s Companion\u003c\/strong\u003e provides an accessible route through the novel’s unusual chronology, narrators, characters and major ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eInside the guide\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e✓ Clear exploration of the novel and its structure\u003cbr\u003e✓ Pechorin as the central character\u003cbr\u003e✓ Maxim Maximych and the unnamed narrator\u003cbr\u003e✓ Bela and the consequences of Pechorin’s desires\u003cbr\u003e✓ Princess Mary and Grushnitsky\u003cbr\u003e✓ Vera and Pechorin’s emotional life\u003cbr\u003e✓ Vulich and the problem of fate\u003cbr\u003e✓ Detailed character analysis\u003cbr\u003e✓ The novel’s unusual chronology\u003cbr\u003e✓ Multiple narrators and changing perspectives\u003cbr\u003e✓ The “superfluous man” in Russian literature\u003cbr\u003e✓ Alienation, boredom and dissatisfaction\u003cbr\u003e✓ Love, desire and manipulation\u003cbr\u003e✓ Friendship, rivalry and honour\u003cbr\u003e✓ Fate, free will and fatalism\u003cbr\u003e✓ The Caucasus and its significance\u003cbr\u003e✓ Romanticism and psychological realism\u003cbr\u003e✓ Lermontov’s narrative innovations\u003cbr\u003e✓ Historical and literary context\u003cbr\u003e✓ Critical interpretation and discussion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eHero — or anti-hero?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eLermontov’s title is deliberately provocative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003ePechorin is not presented as a conventional heroic figure. Instead, he embodies qualities that Lermontov associated with a particular generation — \u003cstrong\u003eintelligence and self-awareness combined with cynicism, boredom and an inability to direct considerable abilities towards meaningful purposes\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe fragmented structure means readers encounter Pechorin first through other people before finally gaining access to his own journal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eEach perspective complicates the last.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe result is a remarkably modern psychological portrait and a character who influenced generations of Russian writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eIdeal for \u003cstrong\u003estudents, teachers, reading groups, book clubs and independent readers\u003c\/strong\u003e exploring Russian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCN-061 | Digital Reader’s Companion | £7.95\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eAlso available in \u003cstrong\u003eRussian Literature Collection 2 — six complete Coleman’s Notes® Reader’s Companions for £42.95.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColeman’s Notes®\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreat Books • Brighter Minds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eREAD • REFLECT • EXPLORE • UNDERSTAND\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDigital product — available for immediate download after purchase.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55390044553545,"sku":null,"price":7.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4138\/4265\/files\/AHeroOfOurTimefrontcover.png?v=1789901816","url":"https:\/\/colemansnotes.co.uk\/products\/a-hero-of-our-time-mikhail-lermontov-coleman-s-notes-reader-s-companion-cn-061","provider":"Colemans Notes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}