{"product_id":"a-hero-of-our-time-9780812970760","title":"A Hero of Our Time","description":"In 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50902222536978,"sku":"9780812970760","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e34dde9d-06e2-4c7e-8972-7dbdbe9e64d0.jpg?v=1772531728","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-hero-of-our-time-9780812970760","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}