A Hero of Our Time (Russian: Герой нашего времени, Geroy nashevo vremeni) 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. There are several English translations, including one by Vladimir Nabokov and Dmitri Nabokov in 1958.
Read more about A Hero Of Our Time: Plot Structure, Grigory Alexandrovich Pechorin, Cultural References, Quotations, Stage Adaptation, Bibliography of English Translations
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