Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

Author of Lolita

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About the Author

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nobokov was born April 22, 1899 in St. Petersburg, Russia to a wealthy family. He attended Trinity College, Cambridge. When he left Russia, he moved to Paris and eventually to the United States in 1940. He taught at Wellesley College and Cornell University. Nobokov is revered show more as one of the great American novelists of the 20th Century. Before he moved to the United States, he wrote under the pseudonym Vladimir Serin. Among those titles, were Mashenka, his first novel and Invitation to a Beheading. The first book he wrote in English was The Real Life of Sebastian Knight. He is best know for his work Lolita which was made into a movie in 1962. In addition to novels, he also wrote poetry and short stories. He was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction seven times, but never won it. Nabokov died July 2, 1977. show less

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Disambiguation Notice:

Note that Nabokov/Sirin published two works called Соглядатай 'The spy': a novella first published in the émigré journal Sovremennye zapiski in 1930 and translated into English as The Eye, and a story collection including the novella published as a book in Paris in 1938. The latter has recently been republished by the Russian company Azbuka as Совершенство 'Perfection,' the name of one of the stories. If there are any LT copies of the 1938 collection, they should be combined with Совершенство [Sovershenstvo].

Series

Obras Completas (Nabokov)

Oeuvres romanesques complètes (Nabokov)

The Russian Novels (Nabokov)

Een Russische schoonheid

Collected works of the American period in 5 volumes

Collected works of the Russian period in 5 volumes

Works by Vladimir Nabokov

Popular Recent

Lolita (1955) 32,684 copies, 578 reviews

Pale Fire (1962) 8,225 copies, 144 reviews

Pnin (1957) 4,473 copies, 91 reviews

Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle (1969) 4,141 copies, 66 reviews

Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited (1947) 3,739 copies, 46 reviews

Invitation to a Beheading (1936) 2,990 copies, 53 reviews

The Annotated Lolita (1971) 2,451 copies, 45 reviews

The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov (1995) 2,162 copies, 10 reviews

Laughter in the Dark (1932) — Translator, some editions — 1,964 copies, 39 reviews

Despair (1934) 1,861 copies, 35 reviews

The Defense (1930) — Author — 1,809 copies, 38 reviews

Bend Sinister (1947) 1,717 copies, 25 reviews

King, Queen, Knave (1928) 1,533 copies, 21 reviews

Lectures on Literature (1980) 1,421 copies, 14 reviews

The Real Life of Sebastian Knight (1941) 1,349 copies, 21 reviews

The Gift (1936) 1,308 copies, 12 reviews

Glory (1932) 1,169 copies, 10 reviews

Mary (1926) 1,102 copies, 19 reviews

Transparent Things (1972) 1,008 copies, 20 reviews

Lectures on Russian literature (1981) 862 copies, 7 reviews

The Eye (1930) 831 copies, 23 reviews

The Enchanter (1986) 771 copies, 22 reviews

Look at the Harlequins! (1972) 677 copies, 13 reviews

The Original of Laura (2009) 613 copies, 13 reviews

Nabokov's Dozen (1958) — Translator — 569 copies, 2 reviews

Novels 1955-1962: Lolita / Pnin / Pale Fire (1996) 541 copies, 4 reviews

Strong Opinions (1973) 517 copies, 7 reviews

Nikolai Gogol (1944) 438 copies, 5 reviews

Lectures on Don Quixote (1983) 367 copies, 4 reviews

Novels and Memoirs 1941-1951 : The Real Life of Sebastian Knight / Bend Sinister / Speak, Memory (1996) 352 copies, 2 reviews

Novels 1969–1974: Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle / Transparent Things / Look at the Harlequins! (1996) 309 copies, 1 review

Dear Bunny, Dear Volodya: The Nabokov-Wilson Letters, 1940-1971, Revised and Expanded Edition (1979) — Author — 274 copies

A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973) 262 copies, 5 reviews

Letters to Véra (2014) 196 copies, 1 review

Vladimir Nabokov: Selected Letters 1940-1977 (1989) 161 copies, 2 reviews

Nabokov's Butterflies: Unpublished and Uncollected Writings (2000) 161 copies, 1 review

Lolita: A Screenplay (1974) 153 copies, 2 reviews

Verses and Versions (2008) — Editor — 146 copies

Cloud, Castle, Lake (2005) 145 copies, 1 review

Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1975) 145 copies

Lolita [1962 film] (1962) — Screenwriter — 144 copies, 2 reviews

Nabokov's Quartet (1967) 141 copies, 3 reviews

Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976) 132 copies

The Portable Nabokov (1968) 121 copies, 2 reviews

The Tragedy of Mister Morn (2008) 116 copies, 1 review

Think, Write, Speak: Uncollected Essays, Reviews, Interviews, and Letters to the Editor (2019) 112 copies, 1 review

Pale Fire: A Poem in Four Cantos by John Shade (1962) 111 copies, 1 review

The Waltz Invention (1981) 110 copies

Lance (2018) 106 copies, 2 reviews

Man From The USSR & Other Plays: And Other Plays (1985) 91 copies

Terra Incognita (2011) 81 copies, 2 reviews

Complete Collected Stories of Nabokov (2000) 80 copies

La Vénitienne et autres nouvelles (1924) — Author — 77 copies, 2 reviews

Insomniac Dreams: Experiments with Time by Vladimir Nabokov (2017) 77 copies, 1 review

Selected Poems (2012) 69 copies, 1 review

Collected Poems (2012) 64 copies, 1 review

Conclusive Evidence (1989) 63 copies

Poems and Problems (1970) 52 copies

Notes on Prosody; From the Commentary to the Author's Translation of Pushkin's Eugene Onegin (Bollingen Series, 72) (1969) 46 copies

Alphabet in Color (2005) 45 copies, 1 review

Signs and Symbols (Stories of Vladimir Nabokov) (2019) 44 copies, 1 review

Vintage Nabokov (2004) 43 copies

Now Remember (Penguin 60s) (1996) 37 copies

Five novels (Collins collector's choice) (1979) 33 copies

De Russische romans Deel 1 1926-1932 (2007) 27 copies

De Russische romans Deel 2 1933-1939 (2009) 25 copies

Ultima Thule (1979) 25 copies

Zuivere kleuren brieven 1923-1977 (1993) 24 copies

Mademoiselle O (1985) 20 copies

Oeuvres romanesques complètes, tome 1 : 1926-1938 (1999) — Author — 20 copies, 1 review

Een liefde voor Proust : Op zoek naar de verloren tĳd in 22 leeservaringen (2002) 19 copies, 1 review

De Amerikaanse romans Deel 1 1941-1962 18 copies

Cuentos Completos. Vladimir Nabokov / Complete Stories. Vladimir Nabokov (Spanish Edition) (2013) 18 copies

Het scheermes (1991) 18 copies, 1 review

Novellas: The Eye; The Enchanter; The Original of Laura (2012) 16 copies

A Guide to Berlin [short story] (1925) — Translator, some editions — 15 copies

Verzamelde verhalen 1 15 copies

Стихотворения (1991) 14 copies, 1 review

Verhalen. 2 14 copies

Plays: Lolita: A Screenplay- The Tragedy of Mister Morn (2012) 13 copies, 1 review

Un coup d'aile, suivi de "La Vénitienne" (2003) 13 copies

Tamte brzegi (1989) 12 copies, 1 review

De assistent-regisseur Russische verhalen (1996) 12 copies

Nouvelles complètes (2010) 12 copies, 1 review

Three Russian Poets: Pushkin, Lermontov and Tyutchev (1944) 12 copies

Œuvres romanesques complètes (Tome 2) (2010) 11 copies

Novelas (1941-1957) (2006) 11 copies

Gedichten (2002) 10 copies

Een Russische schoonheid : verzamelde verhalen (2003) 10 copies

Natacha et autres nouvelles (2012) 10 copies

Proust, Kafka, Joyce (1999) 10 copies

Bruits (2000) 9 copies

De Zusjes Vane // Grote vragen : vĳftien verhalen over de zin van het leven (1997) 9 copies

Poems (1959) 9 copies

Lange nachten : 15 hartstochtelĳke verhalen uit de wereldliteratuur (1991) 9 copies

Dostojevski (2005) 9 copies

Lectures on Ulysses: A Facsimile of Manuscript (1980) 8 copies

Deutliche Worte. Interviews - Leserbriefe - Aufsätze: Bd 20 (1993) 8 copies

Erzählungen 2. 1935 - 1951 (1989) 8 copies

En glemt digter : noveller (1986) 8 copies

Verhalen. - Amsterdam : De Bezige Bij, 1996. - (BB Literair) 8 copies

Lectures on Literature and Lectures on Russian Literature (2 Books) (1980) 7 copies

Nine stories 7 copies

Frühe Romane 2 : Lushins Verteidigung. Der Späher. Die Mutprobe (1992) 7 copies

V. D. Nabokov and the Russian Provisional Government, 1917 (1976) 7 copies

De kunst van het vertalen / Vladimir Nabokov. De kunst van het niet-vertalen / Robbert-Jan Henkes en Erik Bindervoet (2005) 7 copies

Gesammelte Werke. Band 13: Erzählungen 1. 1921 - 1934: BD 13 (1989) 7 copies

Der neue Nachbar. Erzählungen 1925-1934. (1999) 7 copies

Een Russische schoonheid - Verzamelde Verhalen 1 6 copies

Frühe Romane 1. Maschenka. König Dame Bube. (1991) 6 copies

Time and Ebb: A Story (1991) 6 copies

Lolita. 1 (1975) 6 copies

Весна в Фиальте (1986) 6 copies

Lolita. 2 (1975) 6 copies

Стихотворения и поэмы (1991) 5 copies

Избранное (1990) 5 copies

Die Kunst des Lesens (2010) 5 copies

De gebeurtenis : dramatische komedie in drie bedrĳven (1992) 5 copies

Első szerelem - Összegyűjtött elbeszélések II. (2015) 5 copies, 3 reviews

Christmas: Stories of Vladimir Nabokov 5 copies, 4 reviews

Poemas desde el exilio (2001) 5 copies

First Love 5 copies

Стихи 4 copies

Obras completas IV. Novelas (1962-1974) (2008) 4 copies

Gesammelte Werke. Band 15.1: Dramen (2000) 4 copies

"That in Aleppo Once...": A Story 4 copies

Пушкин, или правда и правдоподобие 4 copies

Круг: Рассказ 4 copies

Contos Completos (Vol. II) (2003) 4 copies

hier wird Russisch gesprochen (2003) 4 copies

Машенька. Защита Лужина. Приглашение на казнь. Другие Берега… (1988) 4 copies

List, który nigdy nie dotarł do Rosji i inne opowiadania. T. 1 (2010) 4 copies

Лев Толстой 4 copies

Nouvelles (édition complète) (1999) 4 copies

Min europeiske ungdom (1991) 4 copies

Vladimir Nabokov. Sobranie sochinenij russkogo perioda v 5 tomah. Tom 1. 1918-1925. Rasskazy. Nikolka (2000) 4 copies

Переписка с сестрой (1985) 3 copies

Vladimir Nabokov 1st edit/1 print Ada 1969 [Hardcover] Nabokov, Vladimir [Hardcover] Nabokov, Vladimir 3 copies

Œuvres romanesques complètes (Tome 3) (2021) 3 copies

Приглашение на казнь Камера обскура Отчаяние 3 copies

Хват 3 copies

Ryska romaner (2024) 3 copies

The Aurelian: a Story (1941) 3 copies

Полное собрание рассказов (2013) 3 copies

Пять рассказов ("Пильграм", "Весна в Фиальте", "Облако, озеро,… 3 copies

Works in four volumes (1990) 3 copies

Машенька. Подвиг: Романы (2005) 3 copies

The Return of Tchorb (2013) 3 copies

Angelom zadetyi: Vypusk 1 [Brushed by an angel: Part 1] (1990) 3 copies, 1 review

Gesammelte Erzählungen, (1969) 3 copies

Solus Rex [short story] 3 copies

Contos Completos - Vol. 1 3 copies

Sobranie sochinenii amerikanskogo perioda v piati tomakh: Stoletie so dnia rozhdeniia, 1899-1999 (Russian Edition) (1997) 3 copies, 1 review

Nostalgia: lettere 1945-1974 (1989) 3 copies

The Visit to the Museum 3 copies

Over een boek getiteld "Lolita" (1980) 3 copies

Frühe Romane 3. Gelächter im Dunkel. Verzweiflung. Kamera Obscura: Bd 3 (1997) 3 copies

Gesammelte Werke: Gesammelte Werke 23. Briefwechsel mit Edmund Wilson 1940-1971: Bd 23 3 copies

Egy naplemente részletei összegyűjtött elbeszélések I (2014) 3 copies, 1 review

Natasha (story in The New Yorker) 3 copies

Gesammelte Werke. Band 12: Späte Romane: Durchsichtige Dinge. Sieh doch die Harlekine!: BD 12 (2002) 3 copies

Vladimir Nabokov at Harvard (1989) 3 copies

Sobranie sochinenii russkogo perioda v piati tomakh: Stoletie so dnia rozhdeniia : 1899-1999 (Russian Edition) (2000) 2 copies, 1 review

Эссе и стихи из журнала "Карусель" 2 copies

Anniversary notes 2 copies

We Came to Know... (1997) 2 copies

Yunost (2016) 2 copies

Lolita. The Magician. (2008) 2 copies

Lužinova obrana ; Pozvání na popravu (1990) 2 copies

Mary by Vladimir Nabokov 2 copies

"Хорошие читатели и хорошие писатели" 2 copies

Собрание сочинений в 4 тт. 2 copies, 1 review

Eigensinnige Ansichten: Bd 21 (2004) 2 copies

Пьесы 2 copies

Vier gedichten 2 copies

Opowiadania (1988) 2 copies

Памяти И. В. Гессена 2 copies

Василий Шишков: Рассказ 2 copies

Письма В.В. Набокова к Г.П. Струве. Часть вторая (1931-1935) 2 copies

Романы / (1990) 2 copies

Kęs życia i inne opowiadania (2015) 2 copies

Родина: стихотворение 2 copies

Том 4: Приглашение на казнь / Другие берега / рассказы 2 copies

Том 3: Дар / Отчаяние 2 copies

Том 2: Защита Лужина / Подвиг / Соглядатай / рассказы 2 copies

Том 1: Машенька / Король, дама, валет / рассказы 2 copies

Наташа: Рассказ 2 copies, 1 review

Mashenka / Lolita 2 copies

Laghter in the Dark (2018) 2 copies, 1 review

Университетская поэма 2 copies

Revue Europe 791 : Vladimir Nabokov — Contributor — 2 copies

В.В. Набоков: Pro et Contra. Том 2. (2001) 2 copies, 1 review

My English Education (1948) 2 copies, 1 review

Austen, Dickens, Flaubert, Stevenson (1999) 2 copies

Splendor (2006) 2 copies

Kutse tapalavale ; Kangelastegu : [romaanid] (1999) 2 copies

Gogol, tourgueniev, dostoievski (1999) 2 copies

Голос скрипки в пустоте: стихотворения, рассказы, романы (1997) 2 copies

A Russian Beauty [short story] 2 copies

Vladimir Nabokov - Gesammelte Werke - Marginalien , (1989) 2 copies

Die Klingel 2 copies

Семь стихотворений. 1953 2 copies

Der schwere Rauch. Gesammelte Erzählungen. (1983) 2 copies

Coffret Folio Nabokov : La Méprise - Lolita - La Défense Loujine - Roi, dame, valet (1992) 2 copies

Собр. соч. русского периода в 5 т. Т.3. 1930-1934. Соглядатай. Подвиг.… (2000) 2 copies

Stikhi (1997) 1 copy

La doppia vita 1 copy

"Легенда о старухе, искавшей плотника", "Евангелие Иакова Еврея,… 1 copy

Петербург 1 copy

Письмо В.В. Набокова Питеру Мрозовски от 8 декабря 1946 г. 1 copy

ナボコフ書簡集〈2〉1959‐1977 (2000) 1 copy

ナボコフ・コレクションルージン・ディフェンス密偵 1 copy

Lushins Verteidigung 1 copy

Sovershenstvo (2013) 1 copy

Том 5: Дополнительный: К собранию сочинений в четырех томах 1 copy

Collected Works (komp.4 vols.) / Sobranie sochineniiy(komp.4 tt.) (2010) 1 copy

Стихи разных лет 1 copy

ナボコフ・コレクション処刑への誘い戯曲事件ワルツの発明 1 copy

Русалка: Заключительная сцена в пушкинской "Русалке" 1 copy

ナボコフ・コレクション賜物父の蝶 1 copy

Return of Chobra Stories / Vozvrashchenie Chobra Rasskazy (2010) 1 copy

Drugie berega: Roman; Vesna v Fial'te: Rasskazy (2004) 1 copy

Поэмы 1918-1947 / Жалобная песнь Супермена 1 copy

Заметки переводчика 1 copy

Lolita (abridged recording, read by James Mason) 1 copy

Рассказы 1 copy

Gåvan (2023) 1 copy

Полное собрание рассказов 1 copy

Со дна коробки. Прозрачные предметы 1 copy

Стихи голкипера Набокова 1 copy

Два Стихотворения 1 copy

Стихотворения. Рассказы 1 copy

Сцены из жизни сиамских уродцев 1 copy

ナボコフの塊――エッセイ集1921-1975 1 copy

Три шахматных сонета 1 copy

Удар крыла: Рассказ 1 copy

ナボコフ書簡集〈1〉1940‐1959 (2000) 1 copy

Читатели рождены свободными 1 copy

Bragden (2020) 1 copy

Что всякий должен знать? Эссе 1 copy

Что как-то раз в Алеппо; Забытый поэт; Быль и убыль; Условные… 1 copy

Якорь: Антология зарубежной поэзии II 1 copy

Письмо Владимиру Гандельсману 1 copy

Lolita 1 copy

Лирика 1 copy

detalhes de um por do sol 1 copy

a defesa lujin 1 copy

Полное собрание рассказов (2016) 1 copy

Собр. соч. русского периода в 5 т. Т.4. 1935-1937. Приглашение на казнь;… (2000) 1 copy

Kamera obskura (2013) 1 copy

Перо: Стихотворение 1 copy

ナボコフ短篇全集〈1〉 (2000) 1 copy

Maïakovski. Poemas 1 copy

Lolita and poems read by Vladimir Nabokov 1 copy

Revised evidence: Vladimir Nabokov's collection of inscriptions, annotations, corrections, and butterfly descriptions ; 1 copy

В Египте: Стихотворение 1 copy

Весна: Стихотворение 1 copy

Povídky sv. 1 (1921-1929) 1 copy

Крым: Стихотворения 1 copy

Vladimer Nabokov-Sirin: The Early Works (in Russian) 1 copy

Sankt-Peterburg v russkoy poezii HVIII - nachalo HH veka. Poeticheskiy sbornik (2001) 1 copy

Povídky sv. 3 (1938 - 1952) 1 copy

Случайность: Рассказ 1 copy

Povídky (2004) 1 copy

Priglashenie na kazn'. Drugie berega. Zaschita Luzhina. Kamera obskura. Dar (Knizhnaya polka) (2006) 1 copy

Pesy (1990) 1 copy

Слава: Стихотворение 1 copy

Ut pictura poesis : vybrané básně z let 1918-1973 (2002) 1 copy

Prozrachnye veschi. Smotri na arlekinov! 1 copy

ナボコフ短編集 (研究社小英文叢書) (2000) 1 copy

Povídky sv. 2 (1930 - 1937) (2004) 1 copy

Собр. соч. русского периода в 5 т. Т.2. 1926-1930. Машенька. Король, дама,… (2001) 1 copy

" Mashen'ka. Zachshita Luzhina. Priglashenie na kasn'. Drugie berega( fragmenty)." 1 copy

Собр. соч. русского периода в 5 т. Т.5. 1938-1977. Волшебник. Solus Rex. Другие (2000) 1 copy

Собр. соч. американского периода в 5 т. Т.5. 1938-1977. Прозрачные вещи.… (1999) 1 copy

The Gift; Book 2 of 2 (Fukutake Bunko) (1992) 1 copy

Собр. соч. американского периода в 5 т. Т.3. Пнин; Рассказы; Бледное… (1999) 1 copy

Собр. соч. американского периода в 5 т. Т.2. Лолита; Смех в темноте (1997) 1 copy

Парижская поэма: Стихи 1 copy

Пнин; Бледное пламя; Рассказы 1 copy

Lolita, pt. 2, chapter 35. Poems (Spoken Arts recording) 1 copy

Christmas [short story] 1 copy

Защита Лужина [романы] (2017) 1 copy

[Textures of time : a dream experiment, by Vladimir Nabokov. TLS, October 31, 2014, pp.13-16.] 1 copy

Королёк 1 copy

Подлец 1 copy

Lolita ; Priglasenie na kazn Lolita (2002) 1 copy

The Gift; Book 1 of 2 (Fukutake Bunko) (1992) 1 copy

Соглядатай [The Voyeur] (1978) 1 copy

Защита Лужина : роман (2006) 1 copy

Отчаяние роман (2012) 1 copy

Соглядатай : [повесть] (2009) 1 copy

世界の文学〈8〉ナボコフ (1977年)キング、クィーンそしてジャック　断頭台への招待 (1977) 1 copy

PNIN. Vol 72 SALVAT 1 copy

Соглядатай: Повесть. Отчаяние: Роман 1 copy

Izbrannoe (2000) 1 copy

A Third Species of Echinargus Nabokov. 1 copy

Marcel Proust (1871-1922) 1 copy

Nabokov Vladimir 1 copy

An Affair of Honor [short story] 1 copy

The Potato Elf [short story] 1 copy

Защита Лужина. Приглашение на казнь / Zaschita Luzhina. Priglashenie na Kazn (2002) 1 copy

De verhalen 1 copy

Mary first edition 1 copy

Symbols and Signs [short story] 1 copy

Verzamelde verhalen 1 copy

Russian literature and culture in the West: 1922-1972 1 copy

Gesammelte Werke. Band 17: Vorlesungen über russische Literatur (2013) 1 copy

Jeu de hasard 1 copy, 1 review

Μια ρωσίδα καλλονή (Krasavitsa - Cloud, Castle, Lake - Time and Ebb - Opoveshchenie - Podlets - Khvat) 1 copy

Théâtre 1 copy

Notes on the Morphology of the Genus Lycxides. 1 copy

Lolita et 9 histoires d'amour (2013) 1 copy

In 37 Verzweigungen: Ein Autorenprojekt mit Texten von Vladimir Nabokov (2000) 1 copy

Skośnie w lewo 1 copy

Vörnin 1 copy

Stories 1 copy

Volshebnik. Solus Rex. Drugie Berega. Rasskazy. Stikhotvoreniya. Dramaticheskie Proizvedeniya / The Enchanter. Solus… (2008) 1 copy

Ulven kommer 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich
Other names: Darkbloom, Vivian
Sirin, V.
Birthdate: 1899-04-22
Date of death: 1977-07-02
Burial location: Clarens Cemetery, Montreux, Switzerland
Gender: male
Nationality: Russia (birth)
USA (naturalized)
Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Place of death: Montreux, Switzerland
Places of residence: St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Berlin, Germany
Paris, France
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Montreux, Switzerland
Ithaca, New York, USA (show all 10)
New York, New York, USA
Ashland, Oregon, USA
Livadiya, Crimea, Ukrainian People's Republic
England, UK
Education: Home education
Tenishev school, St. Petersburg, Russia
University of Cambridge (Trinity College) (B.A. Zoology, Slavic and Romance languages) (1922)
Occupations: novelist
teacher
entomologist
lepidopterist
university professor
Relationships: Nabokov, Vladimir Dmitrievich (father)
Nabokov, Dmitri (son)
Wonlar-Larsky, Nadine (aunt)
Felsen, Yuri (colleague)
Organizations: Harvard University
Wellesley College
Cornell University
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Olympia Press
Awards and honors: American National Medal for Literature (1973)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1951)
Disambiguation notice: Note that Nabokov/Sirin published two works called Соглядатай 'The spy': a novella first published in the émigré journal Sovremennye zapiski in 1930 and translated into English as The Eye, and a story collection including the novella published as a book in Paris in 1938. The latter has recently been republished by the Russian company Azbuka as Совершенство 'Perfection,' the name of one of the stories. If there are any LT copies of the 1938 collection, they should be combined with Совершенство [Sovershenstvo].

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Reviews

The Annotated Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita one of those novels which you have to read again and again and again and still you won't get everything. This was my first read, and I hope to read it again.

The plot is suggestive of the sexual, but it is not about sex at all. It's about the debilitating and crippling compulsion, the moral and ethical lapses, the limit to which one can go. It is about choices, and it's very psychiatric.

Nabokov's writing relies on tacit knowledge; you have to know a lot about literature and history beforehand to understand better, which I absolutely did not. The dense wording and obscure imagery makes it a bit difficult to read, which is why I had to read it with an audiobook (read by Jeremy Irons). There are almost 150 pages of extra notes in the end which elaborates on most of the allusions and metaphors, and I didn't read them; you have to save something for the future, no?

Even though the language is difficult, it is very thorough. It is not a "brick"- it does have life, humor and substance. I think the convolution reflects the nature of the protagonist himself. One cannot, in simple terms, can ever put down the right feelings in any other style.

Nabokov says that this book doesn't really have a moral, and I think I disagree. But perhaps that is because literary critics are not satisfied easily (it is an identity which I seem to have acquired of late and take silent pride to, but don't want to say it out loud).

I might not understand the point of this book but these words come to my mind: mania, impulse, man, captivity, cancer.

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nibirsan | 44 other reviews | Dec 28, 2024 |

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Disgustingly beautiful.

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takezx | 577 other reviews | Dec 26, 2024 |

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

The best opening sentences of any novel. Read the first paragraph out loud--language never felt so sublime.

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drthygale4prez | 577 other reviews | Dec 25, 2024 |

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

I read this book with the NYRB seminar led by Merve Emre. Her discussions of Nabokov, the American landscape, HH, and Lolita provided excellent elucidation into the brilliance of this novel. It is interesting to see other readers struggle between Nabokov's artistry and his story of rape and pedophilia as they try to rate this book. Is approval of Nabokov also approval of HH?

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