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A Hero of Our Time

Gelesen von Kevin W. Davidson

(4,621 Sterne; 33 Bewertungen)

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

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02 Book 1 Chapter 2

3:26

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03 Book 1 Chapter 3

16:21

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04 Book 1 Chapter 4

8:38

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05 Book 1 Chapter 5

8:17

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06 Book 1 Chapter 6

5:13

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07 Book 1 Chapter 7

13:15

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08 Book 1 Chapter 8

11:15

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09 Book 1 Chapter 9

5:38

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10 Book 1 Chapter 10

5:11

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11 Book 1 Chapter 11

10:43

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12 Book 2 Maksim Maksimych

24:40

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13 Foreword to Books 3, 4 and 5

3:41

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14 Book 3 The first extract from Pechorin's diary

31:13

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15 Book 4 The second extract from Pechorin's diary

27:49

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16 Book 5 The third extract from Pechorin's diary Chapter 1

21:37

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17 Book 5 Chapter 2

16:06

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18 Book 5 Chapter 3

24:23

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19 Book 5 Chapter 4-5

11:22

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20 Book 5 Chapter 6-7

10:58

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21 Book 5 Chapter 8-9

17:48

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22 Book 5 Chapter 10-11

10:54

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23 Book 5 Chapter 12-15

20:39

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24 Book 5 Chapter 16-18

21:12

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25 Book 5 Chapter 19

12:45

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26 Book 5 Chapter 20

9:14

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27 Book 5 Chapter 21

12:29

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28 Book 5 Chapter 22

7:37

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Bewertungen

Pechorin is a Hero of Our Time, too.

(5 Sterne)

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.

(5 Sterne)

ah, the good old days when the rich were heartless and the women were nervous. Well read.

(5 Sterne)

Excellent reading of a much overlooked novel.