Overview

All of the following posts are interoperated from the Russian novel “A Hero of our Time” written by Mikhail Lermontov. These are the events that transpire in the timeline of Princess Mary from the eyes of Grushnitsky. These events start at the beginning of the section and end when Grushnitsky dies. Grushnitsky is a Russian army greatcoat who he wears his status with great pride. At the beginning of the section Grushnitsky falls in love with the Princess Mary. He is entranced with her beauty and her charm. He sets out on numerous occasions to woo the princess. For the first while this works well for Grushnitsky but after a while he begins to bore her with his repitition. Then Pechorin steps into the Princess's life in a large way and she falls in love with him. This sends Grushnitsky down a path towards Pechorin’s “Superfluous man” personality. The rest of the section focuses on Grushnitsky’s "fall" into becoming this superfluous man and the mesures he goes to extract revenge on Pechorin.

May 16th

I had the great pleasure to ride with the princess this evening. I had my full attire on, saber and pistols included. It gave me a grander tone something that surly impressed the princess. Along the ride Mary asked me about staying in the Caucasus. “What is Russia to me?” (91) I replied, “A country where thousands will scorn me because they are richer than I am, while here my thick greatcoat has not stood in the way of meeting you.” (91) She then blushed and told me it was “Quite the reverse.” (91). I was quite pleased with my heroic tale I went on “My life will pass stormily, swiftly and unnoticed among the bullets of savage tribesman, and if each year God grants me one woman’s glance as radiant as…”(91) That’s when I was cut off by that slimy creature Pechorin who just appeared all of a sudden out of a bush. Scared the living daylights out of my Mary who thought he was going to hurt her. The sly devil gave a quick line in French to reassure her “ Ne craignez rien madame. Je ne suis pas plus dangereux que votre cavalier.” (91) I was quite displeased with Pechorin at that point. Why had he done that? What was his business to interrupt our grand conversation so rudely?
Later that night I found Pechorin sitting on a bench on the boulevard. He looked lonely so I went over to see what he was pondering. When he asked me where I had been I replied with the fact that I had been over at Princess Ligovskoy’s. “How well Mary sings!” (92) I remarked, she did have quite a wondrous voice indeed. I then continued to peruse him on the idea of gaining acquaintance with her. It took a while but he finally cracked saying that he may even make advances on her. He then told me that “I’ll just wait just wait till she’s fed up with listening to you.” (93) Which I thought was quite rude so I changed the subject and went on a stroll on my own towards the restaurant for some gambling.
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