A Hero Of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov // Reading Vlog & Book Review // CarolinaMaryaReads 2021

[@SophiaClef]

I really enjoyed this book when I read it in high school. It resembles a short story collection to some extent. Lermontov's poetry is just as good if not better. I read some poems in English just to see if they are as beautiful as they are in Russian. Even in translation, they are absolutely stunning! I really enjoy following your journey. Thank you for sharing it with us!

[@babibiby]

Haven't finished the video yet, but ch in Pechorin is pronounced like ch in chess, not k :)

[@liz-a_s]

Лермонтов мой любимый писатель. Я рада, что тебе понравилось это произведение👍

[@russianliterature4319]

"Lermontov is my favorite writer. I'm glad you liked this piece👍" Я не уверен, сколько людей, которые слушают этот замечательный сериал, понимают ваш комментарий, написанный на русском языке. ( I'm not sure how many people who listen to this wonderful series understand your comment written in Russian. )

[@gayathripushparajan7312]

I finished this book two days ago, and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it. Your love for Russian Literature has got me grabbing for books that I’ve never thought I would read in my life. Thank you for evoking the love for classics in my life Carolyn. Wishing you all the best in everything that you do :)

[@maryrosenbergr7570]

It’s so interesting to follow your journey with Russian classics! I remember being so against reading it in high school, but now, when I see your excitement about it, I really want to pick it up and reread it again. Huge thank you for the inspiration, Marya 🤍✨

[@nikkivenable3700]

I clicked on this so fast...you have NO idea! Russian lit is everything!

[@marerija]

Hero of Our Time is first PSYCHOLOGICAL novel in russian literature. Also Lermontov's poems are fascinating and endlessly romantic. "У часу кад те заљубљено гледам, кад поглед свој са твојим спојим, тајанственом се разговору предам али не са тобом већ са срцем својим." ❤

[@paulbeesley8283]

I have just finished re-reading the book (mainly because I am currently living in a Ukrainian city, in a street that is named after the writer . Thank you for filling in details of the writer's life, they were most illuminating. As for the notion of the man who has not found his place in life, it seems to me that Pechorin, even after having tried to be so many things, would never have fitted in anywhere.

[@BasilRosa]

A fantastic book, and a very interesting novelist and poet. Thank you.

[@algorithmimplementer415]

I liked your video seeing the title of video. I hold this book close to my heart. It's so good.

[@TheMasqerade]

Wonderful vlog & review, Carolina Marya! You pointed out many interesting facts and ideas, the structure was nice for a minivlog! Sendings hugs! :)

[@annakomarova932]

Also i would like to recommend u his small poem which is called “Mtsyri”. as for me, i think you would like the atmosphere of Kavkaz and the whole book as well)❣️

[@martasgreatlibrary]

oohhh this one sounds intriguing!!! i'm so excited for the eugene onegin vlog!!!!!

[@marianamonsanto]

Wonderful reading vlog, as always. I haven't read A Hero of Our Time yet, but, now, definitely on my wishlist :)

[@notmyrealname3370]

Hi, hope this won't come off as rude, but 'ch' in Pechorin is pronounced as [ʃ] (as in church for example), not [k]. Seeing how passionate you are about Russian literature and language I thought you'd like to know the pronunciation) P.S. I think you'll enjoy Lermontov's poems as well (if not more ;)

[@yobyhenthorn7813]

Love that you write your thoughts in that small notebook, so making my own small notebooks for each book.

[@johnsaxongitno4life588]

I am about to start reading this book so will watch video when i am finished it

[@MilenaReads]

You’ve put so much effort and research into this, really interesting to watch! ☺️

[@aaalll6593]

The quote in the journal it's from the brothers karamazov

[@neverbored]

Another Russian literature video!!!! Sooo excited!!!

[@OutragedPufferfish]

Lermontov was only 26 years old when he died, and he already managed to become Russia's second greatest writer.

[@snowyhut5205]

I find Lermontov's prose so visual! While reading this book, I could see the images he was describing as a film inside my mind. I agree with you it lacks something(to express it somehow, I don't really think it "lacks" as in "something is missing" in the text, but more afterwards, inside me if that makes sense) But I believe that, at least in my case, that feeling is not there because it is so short... (I read it on a singke afternoon lol) after expending hours and days and weeks with characters like Pierre from War and Piece, or Anna Karenina, or Alyosha Karamazov (to name a few well known ones) etc... Just few hours feel like "ok I need 500 more pages to fully inmerse in this wonderful story". But I am all about big books. I love this series, and I am looking forwards to the Eugene Onegin video, with all the hype in this video and the previous one 😂 Ps: I haven't read Notes from the Underground yet (because still in search of a good translation) so I don't know if the quote repeats there (if it does I love it because I really love the concept it represents) but I know the "above all don't lie to yourself" as said by Father Zosima in the 1st chapters of Karamazov Brothers too ❤

[@dmitrynegoda9347]

I did not know Lermontov is known abroad. This was totally unexpected.

[@christophergarza8415]

Thanks for posting.

[@MartinDSmith]

Very tragic biographical stuff indeed!We are far removed from their sense of honour and reputation.And may I take this opportunity to thank you profusely having received the other day your own wonderful craft:too beautiful to use as bookmarks or imprison them in frames❤️

[@ChandnaBear]

You have lovely hands ☺️

[@viktoriabazyk8193]

my favorite work by lermontov is demon. definitely check it out if you like the phantom of the opera. it has those vibes :)

[@snowyhut5205]

I second this. Demon is my favorite Lermontov's too ❤

[@tejaswinisureshkrishnan4228]

Great video as always!💗

[@toddbelanger1923]

Ok..I'm Hooked ...haha... Its Friday and the only thing I wanna do is watch your video's and learn...lol...wow..your amazing... Teacher to the max...thank you so much

[@Anhorish]

"She's bored, good, I won't speak to her for a week." (Nabokov translation) To think lermontov was killed in a duel. So clever and yet such a silly death..

[@NeelaMegam-bo5tk]

I read this book in tamil language.

[@artistreboot3123]

This book was written more for men, so I don’t think women will get as much out of it because Lermontov is breaking down what it’s like to be in a masculine men’s head and trying to navigate the world around him.

[@yobyhenthorn7813]

Not only reading Russian classics but also Russian contemporary literature. Are you also reading plays and poems?

[@meryuk]

I find it sort of interesting that he was of Scottish descent, Learmonth

[@mattkean1128]

I haven't read this one!

[@englishenglish8426]

Hello

[@zubaerchaudhari8267]

Hey

[@annakomarova932]

i liked your video a lot. but author’s name pronounced as Michael or Mihaél)) i hope we will see you reading more russian literature on your channel

[@dmitrykim3096]

American psycho is a hero of our time

[@keepernod2888]

“And, maybe, I will die tomorrow! . . . And not one being on this earth will have ever understood me totally. Some thought of me as worse, some as better, than I actually am . . . Some will say “he was a good fellow,” others will say I was a swine. Both one and the other would be wrong. Given this, does it seem worth the effort to live? And yet, you live, out of curiosity, always wanting something new . . . Amusing and vexing!” ~Mikhail Lermontov