Hero of our time. Lermontov M.Yu.

The only completed novel by Lermontov, standing at the origins of Russian psychological prose. The author called his complex, dangerous and incredibly attractive hero the embodiment of the vices of his generation, but readers notice primarily a unique person in Pechorin.

“The main books of Russian literature” - the joint series of the Alpine publishing house. Prose ”and the Internet project“ Regiment ”. The works that are in it are chosen by modern writers, critics, literary critics, and teachers. This is an attempt to determine what the Russian literary canon looks like today, and a new look at well -known works: each book is accompanied by a detailed article by the authors of the “shelf”.