Герой нашего времени
Cover: A Caucasian Gorge (Kavkaz Landscape), 1893 by Lev Lagorio (1827-1905) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Five linked tales follow Pechorin, a bored and brilliant young officer who wrecks the lives of those who love him in the mountains and spas of the Caucasus. Lermontov's novel is Russian literature's first psychological novel, told partly through the hero's own journal.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.