Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA0279
Barcode: 9781781980729
Release Date: 11/2017

LERMONTOV, M.: Hero of Our Time (A) (Unabridged)

Grigori Aleksandrovich Pechorin is an enigma: arrogant, cocky, melancholic, brave, cynic, romantic, loner, socialite, soldier, free soul, and yet, victim of the world, he eludes definition and remains a mystery to those who know him. Just who is he? And what does he hope to achieve? Evolving from first person to third person, and then into a diary, A Hero of Our Time takes on a variety of forms to interrogate Pechorin’s cryptic character and his unusual philosophy, providing breathtaking descriptions of the Caucasus along the way. The novel has been hailed as an influence on such writers as Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and Chekhov, and is a striking take on Lord Byron’s ‘superfluous man’; it harks back to the teaching of Machiavelli, while anticipating the future work of Nietzsche.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Lermontov, Mikhail - Author
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
1 A Hero of Our Time 03:44
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
2 Chapter 1 13:06
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3 Chapter 2 02:36
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4 Chapter 3 07:36
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5 '"That's a splendid horse of yours,"…' 08:03
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6 Chapter 4 07:50
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7 Chapter 5 07:45
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8 Chapter 6 04:32
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9 Chapter 7 12:18
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Disc 2
1 Chapter 8 09:44
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
2 Chapter 9 04:46
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3 Chapter 10 04:35
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4 Chapter 11 10:15
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5 Book 2 10:41
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6 He was of medium height. 13:18
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Disc 3
1 Foreword to Books 3, 4 and 5 02:50
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
2 Book 3 10:04
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3 My Cossack was very much astonished… 09:50
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4 As soon as the dusk of evening fell… 09:50
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5 Book 4 07:53
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6 I reciprocate Grushnitski's dislike. 10:22
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7 Chapter 2 14:57
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Disc 4
1 Chapter 3 12:03
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2 Vera's husband, Semyon Vasilevich G… 11:40
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3 Chapter 4 01:11
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
4 Chapter 5 09:38
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
5 Chapter 6 08:19
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6 Chapter 7 01:57
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
7 Chapter 8 13:37
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
8 Chapter 9 03:32
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Disc 5
1 Chapter 10 09:21
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
2 Chapter 11 01:28
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3 Chapter 12 03:59
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4 Chapter 13 02:47
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
5 Chapter 14 03:56
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6 Chapter 15 11:12
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7 Chapter 16 02:03
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8 Chapter 17 06:23
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9 Chapter 18 13:35
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10 Chapter 19 12:45
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Disc 6
1 Chapter 20 09:29
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2 Chapter 21 12:37
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3 Chapter 22 07:08
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4 Book 5 10:38
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5 I returned home by the deserted byways… 13:08
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Total Playing Time: 06:09:01