Mikhail Lermontov - A Hero of Our Time

[@kathywu9100]

Blown away that he wrote this before age 26. 😦

[@cinemart1331]

Just finished reading it today. Still thinking of this book now during the night... Lermontov, his writing, story of Pechorin, how he used to think and how we think inside ourself a paralelism, fatalism, love for women, that beautiful Russia of XIX century, fate, philosophy of life, depth....

[@Fiction_Beast]

It's one of those books that stays with you. It's deep, it touches a nerve, especially if you're a man. It's incredible that he was so young when he wrote it.

[@ochiuldesticla]

Pechiorin was always my role model as a man, and now you tell me that he is the king of toxic masculinity, oh boy! Too late now, wish me luck in my next duel. May my fingers be firm and my aim better than my eyes.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Also my hero. Today he might be considered but I still look up to him.

[@tariqabdullah7044]

What kind of incel comment is this 😂. How can you look up to a man like that

[@maneatingseas]

Thank you for your great service to arts and humanities.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thanks for listening

[@randymoore4027]

As the Greeks said: “Know thyself!” Later amended: “To thy own self be true!” Excellent Vids of comparative World Literature!

[@kittymonster9549]

Lermontov was a sensitive person from his birth, but later he started to learn and practice all toxic patterns we see in the novel. He was fascinated with a narcissistic character, so he tried to look deeper into this phenomenon. Of course he didn't know it's typical psyhological disorder. You are right about him being a traumatized man. His duel was a stupid thing. What a poet anyway!

[@Fiction_Beast]

I think to be a great artist, one of the trait is that you have to be on the edge, i mean psychologically. It's hard to be a great poet, artist or novelist if you're normal and good. I could be wrong.

[@kittymonster9549]

@@Fiction_Beast True, a lot of great artists had addictions and psychological problems

[@bert.hbuysse5569]

Thank you very much, Fiction Beast. These videos are high end, great edit, and your voice is smooth as ever. Dare I say this is my favourite youtube channel?

[@Fiction_Beast]

Wow, thanks!

[@Sachie465]

Just finished the book and this will be my second favourite Russian literature after “Fathers and sons”. Dramatic without sentimentality which is strangely uplifting. Your philosophical review and the paintings of the landscapes vastly helped me to understand and imagine the scale of this novel.

[@Fiction_Beast]

I agree it’s a fantastic book.

[@CineSolutions]

Thanks!

[@mariannemacieldealmeida6425]

Excellent Analysis! Your channel is pure perfection. Congratulations and thank you very much!

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you very much!

[@ferdawsabedi8804]

I love your videos i watch them before sleep and they’re so good thanks for making such good content!

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you so much!

[@romainlettuce118]

The sail is my favorite poem!

[@Fiction_Beast]

It’s great.

[@sejaleeuwen]

One of my favourite books and writer ❤

[@dominicm255]

Very good. Thank you

[@insanesam0827]

This is very underrated channel. Keep at it though. Don't get discouraged

[@Fiction_Beast]

I appreciate that!

[@threethrushes]

I am publishing an illustrated/abridged version of this novel this summer, so I'm delighted to see AHOOT featured here.

[@Fiction_Beast]

How wonderful! It's an amazing novel so I am happy more people get to enjoy it.

[@virajweerakkody1802]

Now i understand that how was born this sigma male concept

[@vadimanreev4585]

Well, Lermantov was a military man and he was exiled to a military unit in the Caucasus, where at that time there was a protracted war with the highlanders. Where, if my memory does not change, he led a detachment of "hunting people" - in modern times, special forces. He had awards for bravery.

[@salvatore5553]

No he was never granted an award.

[@vadimanreev4585]

@@salvatore5553Definitely not. Thank you for correcting me.

[@salvatore5553]

@@vadimanreev4585 no worries man thanks for being cordial Do you have any recommendations for Russian literature or just good books in general?

[@vadimanreev4585]

@@salvatore5553 There are a lot of good books, and I don't know your preferences. I was very much impressed at the time: "Princess Mary" - Lermontov, "Belkin's Stories" ("Shot" and "Blizzard" - A. S. Pushkin), "After the Ball" - L. N. Tolstoy, "How Steel was tempered" (artistic autobiography) - Nikolai Alekseevich Ostrovsky, "Birthmark" -- the story of M. A. Sholokhov

[@wadimwadimow5439]

My deep thanks and appretiation goes to the author of this short movie on Lermontow!! Thanks a lot ) Keep practicing your Russian, you are doing really-really well.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you very much!

[@henocasf]

Probably my favorite book of all time.

[@ayliea3974]

Bravo Fiction Beast!

[@Mutakaliim]

beautiful video essay, thankyou!

[@kristijanbenito3892]

The greatest writer of all time.

[@Jane-jd1sk]

As a woman who love literature, I really enjoy watching your videos. They are well done and I can see that you put a lot of time,effort and research into them! However, I think there is an explanation behind “women want to be with man who accomplish great things”. During the previous centuries women were define by their husband so the more your husband is successful the more your mariage is considered valuable. In 2022, not every women want a strong(physically),tall, handsome man. I think the problem of our society is that we only see the outside of people and we would judge them by their looks. Personally, I would rather be with a man who is strong on the inside than a guy who’s 6 foot but has the brain power of a Pringle😂Also, I don’t think that having sex with a lot of women make you more masculine but if it’s what you need do it! I just wish that the masculine guy who have a lot of sexual activity saw the women he slept with as human and not only objects. This is the toxicity for me,Finally, in my opinion, masculinity is a lot of things and I don’t think that you have to do certain actions to prove it BUT I’m a woman so I don’t really know what’s going on inside man mind. Sorry for my English it’s not my first language and even if I’m a feminist I love your work!

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you for your thoughtful comment. The sexual dynamics rooted in nature is far more complex than anyone can fully grasp. Generally speaking there are natural proclivities such as men want feminine women or variety of women while women tend to date someone of higher status who tend to be more powerful or masculine. But culture also plays a huge role such as monogamy is enforced in most part of the world. The west is one tiny piece of the global pie. I think lermontov tries to show that masculine and feminine behaviors are amoral. It’s nature’s solution to procreation and survival of the species. At least that’s my understanding of the novel. I could be wrong.

[@danieljliverslxxxix1164]

Feminism is a pseudo science precisely because it has no theoretical basis for analysis. Are men these overly controlling and dominating forces of sexuality and power? If so then why denounce it or revile it when it is what women demand of men? Conversely are women these weak and barely sentient victims of forces beyond their control? If not then why placate to them when you have nothing to absolve them from? In fact I wouldn't even call it a pseudo science. Feminism is a reactionary position, a mere fetish for those who resent themselves to project on to and claim that they are critiquing history. They are not. It isn't even a methodology. It purely a doctrine of spite. "Personally, I would rather be with a man who is strong on the inside than a guy who’s 6 foot but has the brain power of a Pringle" No you wouldn't. Nor would any woman statistically. The real reason why men are the way they are is because of women. That's biology and evolutionary psychology. Real feminism would be the position of critiquing women.

[@TheFuryKnight]

well as a guy I do have an observation, women don't want a weak man. They will either ignore you or make fun of you. Yeah play, a petty games like one time there was a girl in my class. she come to me in a play session and asked me to be her friend and I didn't think much of it but she just laughs kind most of them are laughing, and told me they are playing ' i was like okay, it's a game I don't mind'. but it is supposed to be something else like the gf/bf thing. I don't understand what they mean. but I do get this if you're not strong and powerful you're nobody just a nobody. or it's that I just don't understand ladies...

[@hilariousname6826]

I found your literary analysis insightful, and so, worthwhile. I was not so keen on your editorializing, which seems ... lightweight, by comparison.

[@veronikavart9651]

спасибо за видео.

[@rahuljha5615]

Men you and your reasearch 🙏🏻

[@gracefitzgerald2227]

Woah, check out my man’s DICtion!😊 Thank you and that was beautifully done. ❤

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you 😊

[@hichamboulos1155]

A prolific Beast indeed!

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you!

[@Socratez7]

Another great episode of literature and philosophy. Your grasp of the Russian greats is extraordinary- Are you by any chance Russian ?

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you! Not Russian.

[@TheArchives111]

Intellectual and philosophical disagreements are mental blocks when dealt with animalistic behaviors ending in duels are actually very anti philosophical way of magnifying solutions. When actually philosophies are to extend and expand the limitations of purpose in people's minds and lives. Fiction Beast

[@uphoff1775]

He almost made it into "club 27"

[@ichbinverloren31]

Yo man, I had read this novel like a year ago and found it extremely dull and boring. In addition, I did not understand all the praise this book got. However, I watched your video, and I was convinced that this book is a freaking masterpiece. Awesome video.

[@vadimanreev4585]

Boys in the Soviet Union were drawn to Lermontov's novel: "Mary." This is a tense psychological drama, where the main character - Pechorin literally brings Grushnitsky to shame, or to death, like a bull by a string to the slaughterhouse. Pechorin conducts all this intrigue out of boredom, and only Grushnitsky's disgusting personality inclines the reader's sympathies to Pechorin.

[@sharontheodore8216]

Couldn’t help but keep thinking about what will happen to the traditional take on men given the rise and somewhat imposing idea that sex is a sheer social construct and that we are essentially fluid and can transgender . . . A big issue in the States.

[@Fiction_Beast]

we live a safe world, so perhaps masculinity is no longer a survival tool. It has to be discarded like our wisdom teeth. But one day we might need it again I'm afraid. Evolution has taken millions of years so it is not realistic to lose it within a few centuries. I hear China is actually fighting against gender fluidity.

[@NickolaySheitanov]

@@Fiction_Beast you’re wrong. It’s the best and worst if times right now. World is only safe for some. Masculinity won’t die

[@Cantbuyathrill]

This guy was MGTOW before MGTOW was MGTOW

[@mjolninja9358]

Здравствуйте!

[@veronikavart9651]

комментарий в поддержку продвижения ролика.

[@graybow2255]

I've finished reading it just yesterday! I'm fond of classics. This one I didn't really like. I'm aware it shaped later Russian literature. I'd say it's good but not great; it has the occasional good touches and psychological insights but overall has no great and solid literary merit. Some reasons: it's episodic, with whole parts that have no relation to the Princess part (the main and only one I liked) and are better as independant stories (as some really were); characters are flat, with little development; the language, in parts, is mundane and characteristic of a novice writer; the antihero is full of himself and neither remarkable nor appealing as others are such as Valmont in Dangerous Liaisons.

[@егорситник-в1к]

He was the last descendant of Thomas the Rhymer, the legendary bard from Scotland. Where are the Scots in the comments?

[@mateovenovski625]

Its a very very complex book i love lermontov i read hero of our time both in english and in macedonian so somehow i have a better understanding thank you for this video i must say sometimes i am very influenced by this channel to read works of literature once again thank you, by any chance do you have an instagram profile or page?

[@paddy654]

Fascinating review and analysis as usual. However the title is confusing: i did not come across any proof that feminists don't like lermontov? Perhaps projection of your thought, that feminist shouldn't like this guy?. I am not implying that you're wrong but boy you are voicing your own bias on the topic. Myself, an elderly 70 woman will now read the book unbiased

[@Fiction_Beast]

I got a few hateful comments against me when I uploaded this. The title was the name of the author and book. Then I googled and came across a few articles saying feminists being against the novel. Then I changed the title and since then I didn’t have to delete any hateful comments.

[@Fiction_Beast]

I absolutely love the novel. It’s one of my favorites.

[@Saber23]

Why do my comments keep getting deleted? Goddamn it KZbin

[@Fiction_Beast]

if you keep your comment on the topic, it should be fine. KZbin deletes comments that attack the other person. Attack the argument as sensibly as possible and you should be fine.

[@Saber23]

@@Fiction_Beast that’s what I did but I cussed a couple of times and I think I offended the algorithm overlords 😂

[@Fiction_Beast]

It’s teaching us to control our emotion lol

[@Saber23]

@@Fiction_Beast lol 😂

[@hectormata449]

@@Saber23 screw the nanny state (you tube and their underlings)

[@NelsonStJames]

One has to at least ponder the idea that the same issues we deal with today as if this generation was the first to notice them were being addressed by young men over a century ago in another culture, and they noticed the same things a lot of men have figured out today. We live in a society of great hypocrisy. You can't condemn toxic masculinity (which is merely another social construct) , when at the same time not condemning the society that rewards it.

[@JesusMedina-y5e]

22:05 ah he also had astigmatism lol

[@estrellasenlasmiras]

O ok

[@danielboard9510]

Lets dribble on the ////////chin

[@pippipster6767]

Toxic masculinity: very 🏕 thumbnail 🤣

[@jesuisravi]

a novel written by a 25 year old...well most 25 year olds, even those who are mature beyond their years, still have a hell of a lot to learn. But when the 25 year old has the mind-set of a 17 year old high school football star....nah, I'll take a pass.

[@Fiction_Beast]

I still think give it a read. It's very short.

[@jesuisravi]

@@Fiction_Beast Maybe...I may look around for excerpts.

[@carlosperez5966]

Thats the difference, he was no football star. To develop that mindset in that time and context (and being a writer damn) its far from normal, it takes time to develop and is a struggle in itself

[@DmitryPavlov-k2z]

Печальный демон , дух изгнания, летал над мрачною землёй.... , Лермонтов и есть этот демон , а не звезда футбола.

[@Sybilsleaves]

Genuine question: why do you express yourself in superlatives so often? I always find it a bit odd how you keep calling multiple novels "the best novel of all time" or how someone is considered "the best writer of all time" as if it is some scientific fact. Or, to use an example from this video: you say that A Hero of Our Time is the "most loved novel in Russia" - where does that come from, and haven't you already given this title to other novels? I don't see the point of such phrases, especially when you use it indiscriminately.

[@Fiction_Beast]

I read somewhere it was considered the most loved novel in Russia. what period, I couldnt tell.

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

Maybe feminists can learn something about something about someone who isn't like them

[@Fiction_Beast]

Anyone with an -ist is typically firm in their belief

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

@@Fiction_Beast and won't listen to reason

[@Saber23]

Wow Matt you seriously put a picture of Andrew Tate on the thumbnail? Come on bro your better than that don’t jump on that stupid bandwagon of haters and like I said before “toxic masculinity” DOESN’T EXIST it’s demeaning to your own gender to even entertain terms like that

[@Fiction_Beast]

😂I’m on the bandwagon but the novel I think captures his views perfectly. I’m far more nuanced than the haters. 😂

[@Saber23]

@@Fiction_Beast Andrew actually summed up his views and everything he believed in I think like 30 or 40 tenants that he wrote down to himself he’s read it on video a few times but he’s recently become a Muslim but still dude “toxic masculinity” doesn’t exist PERIOD

[@Fiction_Beast]

Just curious how did you notice? Did KZbin recommend it?

[@Saber23]

@@Fiction_Beast no I was just scrolling through the channel (like you do when nothing else is going on) and I just saw it luckily for me KZbin isn’t broken when it comes to your channel and actually notifies me when you upload lol

[@Saber23]

@@mannybloom2155 You mean you agree with Jordan Peterson that “toxic” masculinity is an idiotic false concept cause I agree as well