The aforementioned fourth section, "Princess Mary," ends with the protagonist's duel with Grushnisky, an eerie foreshadowing of the author's own death.  
Its fourth section introduces us to two women, the latter of whom, Vera, was a former mistress of this novel's protagonist.  Another woman, whom the narrator acquired in exchange for stealing a horse, is the subject of the first section, "Bela."  The aforementioned fourth section, "Princess Mary," ends with the protagonist's duel with Grushnisky, an eerie foreshadowing of the author's own death.  The first two sections involve Maksim Maksimych, but all of the five tales in this novel feature the Byronic officer in the Caucasus, Pechorin.  FTP, name this novel by Mikhail Lermontov.
Its fourth section introduces us to two women, the latter of whom, Vera, was a former mistress of this novel's protagonist.  
A Hero of Our Time (or Geroy nashego vremeni)