Biography

The first edition of the novel was quickly sold out, and almost immediately there was a criticism of him. Almost all, except Belinsky, agreed that, Lermontov in the image Pechorin depicted himself, and that such a character can not be a hero of his time. Therefore, the second edition, appeared almost immediately in the following first, It contained the author's foreword, in which he responded to hostile criticism. In the "Introduction" Lermontov had a line between himself and his character and outlined the basic idea of ​​his novel.

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