A Hero of Our Time with illustrations by the author

Lermontov was connected to the Caucasus throughout his short life and dedicated his best works in poetry and prose to it. All the notable places that the poet visited while traveling along the Caucasian roads are captured in his picturesque canvases and numerous drawings. Every encounter with the mountainous region gifted him new inspiration. Here the poet spent his last days, here his blood was shed, here he completed his bright and difficult earthly journey. Behind the lines of the unparalleled masterpieces written in and about the Caucasus lies his dramatic fate. This book includes not only the masterpiece of Russian prose "A Hero of Our Time" but also the poems of Mikhail Lermontov "The Prisoner of the Caucasus," "Mtsyri," "Demon," as well as his "Caucasian" poems, including masterpieces like "Valerik," "Dream," "Tamara," and others. All works are illustrated with drawings, caricatures, and paintings by M. Lermontov