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''A Hero of Our Time'' (Russian: "Герой нашего времени") is a classical Russian novel by [[Russian Reading|Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov]], written and revised between 1839 and 1841.
''A Hero of Our Time'' (Russian: "Герой нашего времени") is a classical Russian novel by [[Russian Reading|Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov]], written and revised between 1839 and 1841.


The plot concerns a certain Grigory Pechorin, a [[Idle Rich|Russian aristocrat]], a [[An Officer and A Gentleman|military officer]], and a [[Byronic Hero]], and follows his adventures during his stay (implied to be involuntary) in the Caucasus Region. The novel consists of five parts (plus [[Framing Device]]):
The plot concerns a certain Grigory Pechorin, a [[Idle Rich|Russian aristocrat]], a [[An Officer and a Gentleman|military officer]], and a [[Byronic Hero]], and follows his adventures during his stay (implied to be involuntary) in the Caucasus Region. The novel consists of five parts (plus [[Framing Device]]):


* ''Bela''. [[The Watson]] ([[Literary Agent Hypothesis|implied to be Lermontov himself]]) meets an [[Old Soldier]] Maxim [[Patronymic|Maximich]] while traveling across Caucasus, who tells him a story how an old friend of his (Pechorin) once fell in love with and kidnapped a highlander princess (it didn't work out).
* ''Bela''. [[The Watson]] ([[Literary Agent Hypothesis|implied to be Lermontov himself]]) meets an [[Old Soldier]] Maxim [[Patronymic|Maximich]] while traveling across Caucasus, who tells him a story how an old friend of his (Pechorin) once fell in love with and kidnapped a highlander princess (it didn't work out).
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* [[The Dandy]]: Pechorin.
* [[The Dandy]]: Pechorin.
* [[Deconstructor Fleet]]: In ''Bela'' and ''Taman'', Lermontov picks apart the "wacky Caucasus adventures" genre prominent during his time. The central character is a darker, more realistic take on the [[Byronic Hero]] archetype, and Grushnitsky is an outright mockery of the concept. The novel as a whole is regarded as the author's farewell to Romanticism.
* [[Deconstructor Fleet]]: In ''Bela'' and ''Taman'', Lermontov picks apart the "wacky Caucasus adventures" genre prominent during his time. The central character is a darker, more realistic take on the [[Byronic Hero]] archetype, and Grushnitsky is an outright mockery of the concept. The novel as a whole is regarded as the author's farewell to Romanticism.
* [[Duel to The Death]]: Double-subverted with Pechorin vs. Grushnitsky: {{spoiler|Grushnitsky's friends persuade him to miss on purpose and try to load Pechorin's gun with a blank, but Pechorin uncovers their plan by chance and kills Grushnitsky}}.
* [[Duel to the Death]]: Double-subverted with Pechorin vs. Grushnitsky: {{spoiler|Grushnitsky's friends persuade him to miss on purpose and try to load Pechorin's gun with a blank, but Pechorin uncovers their plan by chance and kills Grushnitsky}}.
* [[Femme Fatale]]: The "Undine".
* [[Femme Fatale]]: The "Undine".
* [[Foil]]: Grushnitsky to Pechorin.
* [[Foil]]: Grushnitsky to Pechorin.
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* [[Life Will Kill You]]: Vulich survives shooting himself in the head unscathed, then {{spoiler|is killed by a drunk Cossack returning home}}.
* [[Life Will Kill You]]: Vulich survives shooting himself in the head unscathed, then {{spoiler|is killed by a drunk Cossack returning home}}.
* [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]]: The nameless traveling officer who "inherits" Pechorin's diaries is never openly identified with Lermontov.
* [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]]: The nameless traveling officer who "inherits" Pechorin's diaries is never openly identified with Lermontov.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Pechorin is named after the Pechora River, just like [[Alexander Pushkin (Creator)|Alexander Pushkin]]'s ''[[Literature/Eugene Onegin|Eugene Onegin]]'' was named after the Onega River.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Pechorin is named after the Pechora River, just like [[Alexander Pushkin]]'s ''[[Literature/Eugene Onegin|Eugene Onegin]]'' was named after the Onega River.
* [[An Officer and A Gentleman]]
* [[An Officer and a Gentleman]]
* [[Old Soldier]]: Maxim Maximich.
* [[Old Soldier]]: Maxim Maximich.
* [[Patronymic]]: "Maximich" is actually a colloquial shortening of "Maximovich", "son of Maxim".
* [[Patronymic]]: "Maximich" is actually a colloquial shortening of "Maximovich", "son of Maxim".
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