In the preface to this novel, the author states that it is a ";portrait of our generation's vices in full bloom."
In the preface to this novel, the author states that it is a ";portrait of our generation's vices in full bloom."; The main character of this novel sees a pig sliced in two with a sabre while walking home after he just lost twenty gold pieces in a bet about the nature of predestination to a lieutenant. Its protagonist stays at a home run by a blind boy and an old woman, and is nearly drowned after he deduces that a young woman and Yanko are conducting a smuggling operation in Taman. In this book, Vulich is killed by a drunk only thirty minutes after he aims a loaded gun at himself and survives when it misfires. The protagonist of this book is spotted at Princess Mary's window while escaping from an illicit visit to Vera, prompting a cliffside duel in which Grushnitsky is killed. For 10 points, name this book about the Grigory Pechorin, written by Mikhail Lermontov.
In the preface to this novel, the author states that it is a ";portrait of our generation's vices in full bloom."
A Hero of Our Time [or Geroy nashego vremeni]