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It has a strange structure, with one story leading into another rather awkwardly. However it has good characters, action, and mood. Probably one of the best novels of its era, so I am rating four stars.
It's been said that Pushkin is Russia's greatest poet and Lermontov is the second greatest. Personally, I like both of their novels, but if I were to choose which one I thought was the best, it would be Pushkin, his stories are sublime.
A Hero of Our Time begins with an unnamed narrator (a Russian soldier)that is traveling through the Georgian mountains, meets up with an old soldier named Maxim Maximych. Maxim tells the story of Pechorin a young officer, that so intrigues the unnamed narrator th ...more
A Hero of Our Time begins with an unnamed narrator (a Russian soldier)that is traveling through the Georgian mountains, meets up with an old soldier named Maxim Maximych. Maxim tells the story of Pechorin a young officer, that so intrigues the unnamed narrator th ...more
Sep 24, 2018
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it was amazing
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At first I wasn't impressed, but it soon became obvious, that I would like this story a lot. It was very easy to listen to. There are a few things I would love to know, but I guess they weren't part of the story design :) The ending felt quite abrupt, I even went in to check on a print version to make sure my audio wasn't an abridged version. Nope, it wasn't. I guess the ending was like that as we start the story near the end and the move on to the beginning, ending near the middle. Somewhat con
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Jun 20, 2011
Andre Mitchell
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Kristel
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Kayla Tocco
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