Taman` is the first chapter of Geroy Nashego Vremeny by Lermontov. Pechorin is the main character of the book. He is an adventurer. He comes to Taman` late one night. After a long search and not having found a place to stay, a soldier brings Pechorin to a little house on the sea shore. In the house lives an old woman with a blind boy and a beautiful daughter. Pechorin`s hunting instinct ruins the destinies of the family in the house.