"This novel k nown as one of the masterpieces of Russian Literature under the t it le "A Hero of our Time" and a lready t ranslated into at least nine European languages is now for the f i rst t ime placed before the genera l Eng l ish Reader. The work is of except iona l interest to the student of Eng l ish Literature wr it ten as it was under the profound inf luence of By ron and being itself a study of the By ronic t y pe of cha racter.
The Translators have ta ken especia l ca re to preser ve both the atmosphere of the stor y and the poet ic beaut y with which the Poet-novel ist imbued his pages."