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Ada, or Ardor
A Family Chronicle
Vladimir Nabokov
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Laughter in the Dark
Vladimir Nabokov
The classic novel from the author of Lolita, brilliantly portraying one man's ruin through love and betrayal. "Once upon a time there lived in Berlin, Germany, a man called Albinus. He was rich, respectable, happy; one day he abandoned his wife for...
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The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
These stories, written between the early 1920s to the mid-1950s, reveal the fascinating progress of Nabokov's early development as they remind us that we are in the presence of a magnificent original, a genuine master. Edited by his son and...
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The Eye
Vladimir Nabokov
Nabokov's fourth novel, The Eye is as much a farcical detective story as it is a profoundly refractive tale about the vicissitudes of identities and appearances. Nabokov's protagonist, Smurov, is a lovelorn, excruciatingly self-conscious Russian...
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Speak, Memory
An Autobiography Revisited
Vladimir Nabokov
A rich evocation of Nabokov's life and times, even as it offers incisive insights into his major works, including Lolita, Pnin, Despair, The Gift and others.
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Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
Like Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire is a masterpiece that imprisons us inside the mazelike head of a mad émigré. Yet Pale Fire is more outrageously hilarious, and its narrative convolutions make the earlier book seem as straightforward as a...
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Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
One of the most well-crafted books I've ever read. Not one word in this masterpiece isn't as it should be. My advice is to read it in big pieces, as it will take you into a world of Nabokov's making. The images and characters will stay with you...
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