Varvara Bakhmeteva

The third edition of his famous poem “[[Demon (poem)|Demon]]” was dedicated to Varvara Lopukhina; the sixth and seventh he also sent to her with a dedication.

The third edition of his famous poem “[[Demon (poem)|Demon]]” was dedicated to Varvara Lopukhina; the sixth and seventh he also sent to her with a dedication.

Lermontov’s play “Two Brothers”, written after Varvara’s marriage, highlights the mercantile aspects of contemporary marriage, a financial relationship of with no deep feelings between the spouses.

Lermontov’s play “Two Brothers”, written after Varvara’s marriage, highlights the mercantile aspects of contemporary marriage, a financial relationship with no deep feelings between the spouses.

A similar theme – a strong sense of connection between two characters before the heroine’s marriage to another, but the heroine’s love not quenched but rather strengthened by the separation – appears in the poet’s later works “[[Princess Ligovskaya]]” and “[[A Hero of Our Time]]”. Of this autobiographical work Lermontov wrote “…I’m writing the fourth act of the new drama, taken from events that happened to me in Moscow.”

A similar theme – a strong sense of connection between two characters before the heroine’s marriage to another, but the heroine’s love not quenched but rather strengthened by the separation – appears in the poet’s later works “[[Princess Ligovskaya]]” and “[[A Hero of Our Time]]”. Of this autobiographical work Lermontov wrote “…I’m writing the fourth act of the new drama, taken from events that happened to me in Moscow.”