/lit/ - Literature

A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov

The main character is a soldier stationed in the middle of nowhere, who also happens to be a chronic womanizer. is staying at an inn where he meets with both his old girlfriend and a visiting princess. He plays them against each other, earning the bitter enmity of a younger with a boy crush on the princess. A duel ensues and both women are brought to tears by his being such an asshole. It's pretty funny.

There are a couple of other stories in the book as well with the same character, but that's the main one.