A Hero of Our Time
Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov
Read by Kevin W. Davidson
A Hero of Our Time is indeed a portrait, but not of one man. It is a portrait built up of all our generation's vices in full bloom. You will again tell me that a human being cannot be so wicked, and I will reply that if you can believe in the existence of all the villains of tragedy and romance, why wouldn't believe that there was a Pechorin? If you could admire far more terrifying and repulsive types, why aren't you more merciful to this character, even if it is fictitious? Isn't it because there's more truth in it than you might wish? (Summary by the author) (6 hr 27 min)
Chapters
| 01 Book 1 Bela Chapter 1 | 14:47 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 02 Book 1 Chapter 2 | 3:26 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 03 Book 1 Chapter 3 | 16:21 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 04 Book 1 Chapter 4 | 8:38 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 05 Book 1 Chapter 5 | 8:17 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 06 Book 1 Chapter 6 | 5:13 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 07 Book 1 Chapter 7 | 13:15 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 08 Book 1 Chapter 8 | 11:15 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 09 Book 1 Chapter 9 | 5:38 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 10 Book 1 Chapter 10 | 5:11 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 11 Book 1 Chapter 11 | 10:43 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 12 Book 2 Maksim Maksimych | 24:40 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 13 Foreword to Books 3, 4 and 5 | 3:41 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 14 Book 3 The first extract from Pechorin's diary | 31:13 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 15 Book 4 The second extract from Pechorin's diary | 27:49 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 16 Book 5 The third extract from Pechorin's diary Chapter 1 | 21:37 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 17 Book 5 Chapter 2 | 16:06 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 18 Book 5 Chapter 3 | 24:23 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 19 Book 5 Chapter 4-5 | 11:22 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 20 Book 5 Chapter 6-7 | 10:58 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 21 Book 5 Chapter 8-9 | 17:48 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 22 Book 5 Chapter 10-11 | 10:54 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 23 Book 5 Chapter 12-15 | 20:39 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 24 Book 5 Chapter 16-18 | 21:12 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 25 Book 5 Chapter 19 | 12:45 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 26 Book 5 Chapter 20 | 9:14 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 27 Book 5 Chapter 21 | 12:29 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| 28 Book 5 Chapter 22 | 7:37 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
Reviews
Pechorin is a Hero of Our Time, too.
Ben K
Mr. Davidson is one of the best librivox recorders I have heard so far. This work is a masterpiece, known in Russia as the first great Russian novel, but somehow not commonly read in the Anglophone world. The tale is exciting, expansive like the Caucasus in which the story unfolds, and profoundly human. 10/10 would recommend.
Stephen Lowe
ah, the good old days when the rich were heartless and the women were nervous. Well read.
Clementi
Excellent reading of a much overlooked novel.