{"product_id":"a-hero-of-our-time-introduction-by-t-j-binyon-hardcover-1","title":"A Hero of Our Time: Introduction by T. J. Binyon - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMikhail Lermontov\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVladimir Nabokov\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eVladimir Nabokov\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning collector's hardcover edition of Mikhail Lermontov's classic of Russian literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn its adventurous happenings--its abductions, duels, and sexual intrigues--\u003ci\u003eA Hero of Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e looks backward to the tales of Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron, so beloved by Russian society in the 1820s and '30s. In the character of its protagonist, Pechorin--the archetypal Russian antihero--Lermontov's novel looks forward to the subsequent glories of a Russian literature that it helped, in great measure, to make possible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition includes a Translator's Foreword by Vladimir Nabokov, who translated the novel in collaboration with his son, Dmitri Nabokov. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a jacket. Everyman's Library Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Timothy Binyon Translated by Vladimir and Dmitri Nabokov\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn its adventurous happenings--its abductions, duels, and sexual intrigues-- 'A Hero Of Our Time' looks backward to the tales of Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron, so beloved by Russian society in the 1820s and 30s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMIKHAIL LERMONTOV was born in Moscow in 1814. Influential as a poet, novelist, and visual artist, Lermontov died in 1941 at the age of 26. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVLADIMIR NABOKOV was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1899. After studying French and Russian literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, he launched his literary career in Berlin and Paris. In 1940 he moved to the United States, here he achieved renown as a novelist, poet, critic, and translator. \u003ci\u003eLolita, \u003c\/i\u003earguably his most famous novel, was first published, by the Olympia Press, Paris, on September 15, 1955, and became a controversial success. Nabokov died in Montreux Switzerland in 1977.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.36 x 5.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45862302515397,"sku":"9780679413271","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/MZDImOFQVw9780679413271_da581ab6-9542-4168-b4d8-a8b2e4b48cb7.webp?v=1771566269","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/a-hero-of-our-time-introduction-by-t-j-binyon-hardcover-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}