The Fatalist

by Mikhail Lermontov

Genres: Fiction, Russian Literature, Russia, Short Stories

9 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1839

About the author

Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов), a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", was the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death. His influence on later Russian literature is still felt in modern times, not only through his poetry, but also by his prose.

Lermontov died in a duel like his great predecessor poet, Aleksander Pushkin.

Even more so tragically strange (if not to say fatalistic) that both poets described in their major works fatal duel outcomes, in which the main characters (Onegin and Pechorin) were coming out victorious.

Reviews

[Tahir H · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely love it! Some stories doesn't need to be 500 pages to be entertaining (shot to Dostoevsky).
Straight to the point about the role of fate in our life. I wish they made short movie about this story.

[Rebekah · Rating 3 out of 5]

An intriguing little tale about fate versus free will.

[vorona · Rating 4 out of 5]

absurd and entertaining little story

[Valerie López Santiago · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it. Intriguing, made me think of how fragile life is.

[Genavieve Zermeno · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely chilling

[Timothy Coplin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Intriguing short which aptly entices the reader, who has read this separate from its contextual whole collective novel, to pursue A Hero of Our Time.