Mikhail Lermontov 
A Hero of Our Time 

Originally published in Russian in 1840 Lermontov’s 'A Hero of Our Time’ greatly influenced the later works of other great Russian authors such as Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy. 'A Hero of Our Time’ is a pioneering work in the genre of the anti-hero novel. The novel’s narrative is the story of Pechorin a young nihilistic officer in the army who’s story is told in five non-chronological parts.