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Large Print - A Hero of Our Time - Grand Type Collector's Edition - Matte Hardcover with Dust Jacket (Large Print Edition)
Hardcover
Classic FictionGeneral Fiction
ISBN13: 9781834122441
Publisher: Grand Type Classics
Published: Nov 25 2025
Pages: 420
Weight: 1.61
Height: 1.06 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
With clear, easy-to-read formatting, this edition is designed for readers who prefer or require larger text without sacrificing the excitement of the original.
Large Print Features:
- 18-point font: Generously sized text for maximum readability and comfort.
- Sans-serif font: Clean, modern typeface designed to reduce visual strain.
- Italics are bolded: Important emphasis is maintained without thin, hard-to-see lettering.
- Easy-to-read line lengths: Shorter rows of text (under 45 characters per line) make reading smoother and less tiring.
Against the rugged backdrop of the Caucasus mountains, the brooding officer Pechorin drifts through love, honor, and fate with a restless and cynical spirit. Each encounter-whether romantic, fateful, or destructive-reveals another facet of his complex character. Through fragmented, shifting narratives, readers piece together the portrait of a Byronic hero, both a product of his society and its sharpest critic. Pechorin's contradictions expose the disillusionment of a generation caught between ideals and harsh realities.
First published in 1840, Mikhail Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time stands as one of the earliest landmarks of Russian literature and a pioneering work of the psychological novel. Its focus on an anti-hero struggling with alienation and identity anticipated the existential and introspective themes that would later define Russian classics. With its innovative structure and probing character study, the novel helped shape modern literature and continues to resonate with readers drawn to flawed yet fascinating protagonists.
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