Princess Mary

“Princess Mary” is a novella by Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, which forms part of the novel “A Hero of Our Time”. In this section of the novel, the protagonist, Pechorin, keeps a diary detailing his stay at the spa town of Pyatigorsk, where he meets Princess Mary and makes her fall in love with him. The novella reveals Pechorin’s complex, contradictory character, his relationships with those around him, and his inner turmoil.