Mikhail Lermontov Books in Order

At a masked ball in nineteenth-century St. Petersburg, a case of mistaken identity convinces aristocrat Arbenin that his wife Nina has betrayed him. Jealousy and wounded pride propel him toward decisions that threaten their marriage and innocent lives.

In the Caucasus, the restless officer Pechorin moves through romances, rivalries, abductions, and duels with little regard for the damage he causes. Interconnected accounts examine an intelligent but disillusioned man whose search for stimulation repeatedly harms those around him.

This poetry collection includes Lermontov’s tale of an exiled demon who falls in love with Tamara, a Georgian princess. His pursuit follows her into a convent, setting desire and the hope of redemption against spiritual danger.

Vera Ligovskaya is caught between idealistic Yury, his manipulative brother Aleksandr and the prince she was forced to marry. This prose drama explores the brothers’ rivalry and the cruelty exercised through their competing claims over her life.