In Lermontov's Romantic narrative poem, a fallen angel wandering the Caucasus falls in love with a mortal Georgian princess and destroys her in his longing for redemption. It is one of the supreme achievements of Russian Romantic verse.
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In Lermontov's Romantic narrative poem, a fallen angel wandering the Caucasus falls in love with a mortal Georgian princess and destroys her in his longing for redemption. It is one of the supreme achievements of Russian Romantic verse.