Stanislav Ryadinskiy
Pechorin
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It is an example of the superfluous man novel, noted for its compelling Byronic hero (or antihero) Pechorin and for the beautiful descriptions of the Caucasus. There are several English translations, including one by Vladimir Nabokov and Dmitri Nabokov in 1958.
- Mikhail I︠U︡rʹevich Lermontov
- 1840
Grigory Pechorin is a bored, self-centred, and cynical young army officer who believes in nothing. With impunity he toys with the love of women and the goodwill of men. He impulsively undertakes dangerous adventures, risks his life, and destroys women who care for him.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 24, 2009 · The title of the novella, “A Hero of Our Time,” describes how most people Pechorin encounters perceive him. Pechorin’s friends, especially his fellow army officers, see him as a free spirit who is able to live life to the fullest.
In the character of its protagonist, Pechorin, the archetypal Russian antihero, Lermontov's novel looks forward to the subsequent glories and passion of Russian literature that it helped, in great measure, to make possible.
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Pechorin learns about Vulich's death when he is summoned to help apprehend the murderer, who has barricaded himself in a cottage. Pechorin risks his life to apprehend the Cossack. He succeeds with just a slight graze from a bullet.
- Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov
A Hero of Our Time is one of Russia’s greatest novels. All the characters, with the possible exception of Vera, are drawn with consummate art. In Pechorin, the novel’s hero, Lermontov gave the...
Mar 6, 2013 · Pechorin: Directed by Roman Khrushch. With Stanislav Ryadinskiy, Dmitriy Podnozov, Ilya Sherbinin, Irina Savitskova. Based on the Russian classic novel. While maintaining all the main plot-lines of the novel, it follows the events not as they happen but as they are reflected in the mind of the dying hero.
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