The title character, a Byronic superfluous man, is one of the great characters of Russian literature and is said to be modeled eerily after the author himself.  
This novel is comprised of six chapters, some of which bear the titles "Bela," "Taman," "The Princess Mary," and "Maksim Maksimovich."  The title character, a Byronic superfluous man, is one of the great characters of Russian literature and is said to be modeled eerily after the author himself.  For ten points, name this novel, the masterpiece of Mikhail Lermontov.
This novel is comprised of six chapters, some of which bear the titles "Bela," "Taman," "The Princess Mary," and "Maksim Maksimovich."  
A Hero of Our Time